Bears look like textbook mammals, but hidden in their evolutionary history are two dramatic departures from the standard ...

North Africa once had its own brown bear, the Atlas bear, which is believed to have lived in Moroccos Atlas Mountains until ...

This week, research into the evolutionary origins of kissing has revealed that our ancient ancestors were smooching around 21 million years ago, new footage may be the first evidence of wild wolves ...

They have small eyes, large, blunt snouts, bristly fur and ungainly webbed feet. So what gives? Capybaras appeal because they look as though they are unbothered by the vicissitudes of the world. They ...

Historically, Black bears were the biggest predator to travel the Big Bend area of Texas. But overhunting and habitat loss ...

An 11-year-old boy ran into a Pennsylvania Family Dollar with a black bear right behind him. The bear charged through the front doors, sending the boy and the cashier scrambling for cover. The moment ...

The bears are in the streets. They are on the sidewalks of rural roads. They are on airport runways. And they are attacking humans in record numbers, according to a flurry of warnings from the ...

NASA will release new high-res images of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS on Nov. 19, 2025. The comet, which originated outside our solar system, was first spotted in July and is only the third such object ...

Extinction rates appear to have slowed since their peak in the early 1900s, suggesting not a reprieve for nature but a shift in how and where losses occur. Much of the damage was concentrated on ...

The Trump administration is proposing to axe protections for some animals and plants under the Endangered Species Act. The administration argues that the current rules are too stringent and stifle ...

NASA will release new images of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS on November 19. The object is only the third interstellar visitor ever spotted in our solar system. The comet will make its closest ...

Four proposed rules could make it easier to drill for oil or harvest timber in areas where endangered species live. By Maxine Joselow and Catrin Einhorn Maxine Joselow reported from Washington and ...