Australian ecologists have made a remarkable discovery about the mysterious and endangered Kangaroo Island dunnart: it is ...

The smallest mammals on Earth prove that survival, agility, and a voracious appetite have nothing to do with scale.

University of South Australia and Kangaroo Island Research Station ecologists have made a remarkable discovery about the ...

The incident sparked a scientific hunch: perhaps the lizards, which happen to be residents of particularly fire-prone regions ...

Moths are invading houses and launching ambushes in the bathroom – and extraordinary new research shows how they got there.

The back door of the world” By Krista Madsen In my recent essay on a low brow/high brow photographic stunt known ...

Neil Smith was fined $7000 on October 27 for his part in a 1998 forest protest against the logging of virgin forest at Kooparoona Niara, also known as the Great Western Tiers. Smith was known at the ...

There's never a dull day at an animal shelter, especially when it's busy. This is usually a good thing—it means adoptions are happening, after all—but it can also lead to a number of unexpected ...

A baby pygmy hippo named Mars lives at Tanganyika Wildlife Park in Goddard, Kansas, and while he might just be a few months old, he's got the biggest personality at the park! He's very independent and ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- John Ball Zoo’s adorable baby pygmy hippo has a name -- Hugo. The zoo announced the name Friday, Oct. 3 in a Facebook post. Hugo was born Sept. 3, weighing 11 pounds, to his pygmy ...

The John Ball Zoo announced on Friday that after a week-long naming contest, its new pygmy hippo calf will be called Hugo. Zoo officials said the name means smart and spirited, "just like we expect ...