They found the act of kissing can be traced all the way back to the last common ancestor of humans and other great apes, ...

In the jackal’s world, mum and dad stay together for life and their offspring are always eager to help. Patricia Moehlman can ...

The newly discovered bonebed contained more than 800 vertebrate fossils, belonging to at least 17 species, including ...

Six million marauding antelope and a close encounter with a deadly shark also feature in National Geographic's Pictures of ...

New research reveals lions use two different roars, a discovery that could transform how conservationists monitor and protect ...

The discovery could serve as a starting point for constructing ecosystems in extraterrestrial environments such as the Moon and Mars, say researchers ...

Great white sharks are the ocean’s ultimate ambush predators – immense, lightning-fast and armed with rows of razor-sharp ...

Once they near emergence, the female's thin skin bulges and pulsates with the struggles of the impatient froglets. The day ...

Discover 10 of the most unusual bathroom habits found in the animal kingdom - from the weird and wacky to the gross and ...

Meet the cat-sized prehistoric scorpion with deadly venom, huge eyes and strong pincers that ruled Carboniferous forests ...

That’s because the feather barbs in the eyespots are locked together with tiny hooks, much like those in flight feathers, ...

If you watch a snake drinking, you’ll notice that he doesn’t use his tongue, nor does he use his mouth to scoop up water. His head remains very still, while inside his mouth a sponge-like structure is ...