Science dioramas of yesteryear can highlight the biases of the time. Exhibit experts are reimagining, annotating — and sometimes mothballing — the scenes.

On Jan. 3, a swell shark egg hatched at Shreveport Aquarium in Shreveport, Louisiana. The egg was discovered by aquarium staff in a female shark tank about eight months ago, but it may have remained ...

Sheep shaped human history for 12,000 years. Scientists traced their migration, domestication, and genetic evolution.

The Boonshoft Museum of Discovery was in the news recently, after it was announced that the museum plans to invest about $10.5 million into its north Dayton facility, which will update, replace and ...

Dating back to August 2021, Aaron D. Lambrecht, 46, has had 22 contacts with law enforcement concerning his animals escaping, ...

Today, the term "Big Five" refers to the beauty and power of some of Africa's most iconic animals. However, it has a much ...

In her letter to senators on the eve of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s confirmation hearing to become the country’s next health ...

A marine animal snacked on some sea lilies that did not agree with its stomach—and we now know what happened next ...

These descriptions are as wild as they animals they talk about. Can you figure out which creatures they refer to?

The rise of pastoralist peoples in the Eurasian steppes and their westward spread some 5,000 years ago may have been fueled by sheep herding and people exploiting their milk. As early as 8,000 years ...

Lunar New Year, often called the Spring Festival or Chinese New Year, is the most important holiday in China and many other ...

Among China’s traditional holidays and celebrations, none ranks higher in importance than the Lunar New Year (農曆新年). Also ...