Kimalu (KEE-ma-loo), a 12-year-old female beluga whale, is resting comfortably following a historic procedure at Chicago's ...

Kangaroos are iconic Australian animals who have long been used as a symbol within the country to represent moving forward.

A groundbreaking idea from a University of Alberta scientist could finally crack the code behind one of the most stubborn ...

Water and air pose completely different challenges to animals on a number of levels.

Today, July 1st, is the national day of Canada, the country whose sovereignty is symbolized by the beaver. Happy Canada Day ...

Insects possess a remarkable ability to develop innate immune memory, and the mechanisms underlying this process are becoming a central topic in innate immunity research.

An interesting new study reveals that hibernation might not be a recent adaptation at all, but a deeply ancient one that dates back to a time before dinosaurs ruled the Earth.Researchers studying ...

The speed in which an animal can move depends on a number of internal and external factors, things like physiology, biochemistry, the environment, and the presence of predators and prey. Quite often ...

If we look across the whole of the mammal branch of the tree of life we find there are many groups of mammals that have ...

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But whether or not they realize it, many thousands of clones have already been produced as the cloning process has become ...

Hippopotamus’ teeth. Image via Unsplash. Despite being herbivores, hippopotamuses possess one of the animal kingdom’s most formidable bite forces, measuring approximately 1,800 PSI (8,000 newtons).