Winter transforms our backyards into serene, snowy landscapes, but it also poses significant challenges for local wildlife.

Today, the wandering albatross holds the title of largest flying creature on the planet. The Antarctic traveler can reach ...

Ahead of Small Business Saturday next weekend, hear from three local small business owners in The Oregon District discuss their challenges and what you can do to support them for the future.

The NHSPCA is still seeking homes for 400 of the 1,000 mice recently rescued from a Seacoast home. Find out why they make ...

When Sara first arrived at her rescuers’ home, she was sick, tired, and covered in ringworms and signs of abuse all over her little furry body.

As the sunset across eastern India, a patterned creature perched in a bush and called out. Its “large,” brown eyes scanned the surrounding forest — but it wasn’t the only ...

As a young boy, growing up in northern Minnesota near the Canadian border, Rick was fascinated with his grandpa’s wood ...

Clams and oysters are some of the most nutrient-rich animals on the planet, just behind small fish like sardines and anchovies.

An unprecedentedly bad year for beached dolphins on Cape Cod might have to do with warming waters changing the availability of the animals' food, said scientists hoping to curb the strandings.

A section of mouse intestine with colored fluorescent tags under a microscope. Image: Michael W. Davidson/Florida State University/Zeiss Microscopy At a glance: Scientists mapped gene expression and ...

The wordless and silent 'Flow' is an animated triumph of visual storytelling that is as tender as it is bracing; an achingly human tale.

A slithering 2-foot-long creature was found lurking in a shipment of Christmas trees to Hawaii, officials say. Workers of a ...