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Six species of North American bats glow under ultraviolet lighting, according to a new study. Researchers don’t know why certain mammals exhibit this odd trait.

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The largest great white shark tagged, sampled and released by OCEARCH, a nonprofit organization that studies sharks, sent in a "rare ping" for the first time since July. Researchers at OCEARCH ...

A DEEP officials said a recent coyote interaction in Connecticut was likely caused by the animal being fed by high school ...

In a suspected case of reverse evolution, wild tomatoes in the Galápagos have developed a defense mechanism that hasn’t been seen in millions of years.

We provide a scientific analysis of a heartbreaking video clip of a young elephant mother carrying her stillborn calf.