Not so deep beneath the waters of the Pacific lies a sunken continent. Is this Earth's 8th continent? Today I investigate ...

The country's longest continuous bike trail – the Alps to Ocean – takes travellers on a 315km journey into the seismic-shifting saga of Zealandia, Earth's "lost" continent. A young and ...

These animals can also be hard to find in the wild ... such as the National Aquarium of New Zealand in Napier or Zealandia in Wellington. Cassowaries are about the closest-looking thing we have to a ...

From the arid deserts of the Negev to the lush forests of Galilee, Israel is home to a variety of unusual wild animals that thrive in its diverse ecosystems. Located at the crossroads of Europe ...

When we think of Canadian animals, cultural icons like the moose, beaver, or loon are probably first to come to mind — but according to a new study, the most distinct one from an evolutionary ...

Let's put your animal knowledge to the test. Take our quiz and see if you can identify the scaly critters and furry mammals featured in our close-up photos.

However, one group of ecologists is challenging the assumption that animals don’t eat ethanol-laden fruits and nectars that often. They argue that since ethanol-laden fruits are present in ...

Animals are remarkable architects. Their nests, tunnel systems and caves are perfectly designed, and some of their structures are thousands of years old. Here are just a few examples of their ...

A philosopher journeys into the world of comparative thanatology, which explores how animals of all kinds respond to death and dying. By Emily Anthes In the summer of 2018, off the coast of ...

A handful of animals display unexpected longevity and negligible aging. Slowly, science has revealed details of and theories for the varied ways these organisms avoid growing old. Hydra reproduce ...

What is the 'most Canadian' animal? Spoiler: it's not the beaver, or the moose. A new study ranks species of terrestrial vertebrates in Canada by their level of Canadian evolutionary distinctness ...

The third-largest outbreak in history of the deadly Marburg virus was sparked by a single jump of the pathogen from an animal to humans, preliminary genomic evidence shows. The outbreak began last ...