Tiny monkeys with a secret skill only a few animals share? Marmosets, those adorable South American primates, have a hidden ...

Q: Why are so many South ... animals smaller than their counterparts on other continents? —Donald Dorfman | Sacramento, California Smaller animals have an easier time navigating dense ...

Just when you have come to terms with the immense list of things to see on the South American mainland, the continent's most ...

Milwaukee zoo celebrates new arrival as mother Quinn bonds with her porcupette. The healthy baby is already exploring and chewing branches.

A vision for the future of the Elmwood Park Zoo could soon begin taking shape after Norristown council members authorized ...

A recent health check has confirmed that pioneering surgery to cure a sloth’s toothache has been successful. Amazing images ...

Some of the UK's rarest wildlife is being "torched alive" and pushed closer to extinction after weeks of intense grass fires, ...

As gold prices surge, so has illegal mining in South America, destroying forests and polluting rivers, but women in eastern ...

Primates are a group of mammals that includes humans and our close relatives, such as apes, monkeys and lemurs. Monkeys, such as capuchins and macaques; prosimians, like lemurs and tarsiers; lesser ...

The ancient fossil shows these elusive ants have a longer history connected to Earth's soil than previously thought.

Wherever there's dirt there's bound to be ants, but one particular group is so adept at blending in with the ground that they hold the name "dirt ant" (Basiceros) all to themselves.

Conservationists are rethinking strategies to build climate resilience in nature as rising temperatures threaten species and ...