Endangered African penguin chicks hatch at Mystic Aquarium during weekend snowstorm

STONINGTON - Two critically endangered African penguins hatched at Mystic Aquarium on Sunday as a massive winter storm ...
Nature

What were the first animals? The fierce sponge–jelly battle that just won’t end

For almost two decades, scientists have debated whether sponges or comb jellies are the first animal lineage. Now some are ...

Epiaceratherium itjilik: The rhino that lived in the Arctic

Remains of an ancient Arctic rhino indicate that land mammals traversed the North Atlantic via land bridges, and did so much ...

Donkeys are a common sight in northern Namibia – what colonial history has to do with it

Donkeys entered Namibia’s central north relatively late, and only became common in the 1920s and 1930s. Their presence across ...
AZ Animals

This Newly Discovered Tiny New Shrew Weighs as Much as a Sugar Cube

A newly identified shrew from the Ethiopian highlands weighs just 3 grams, making it one of the smallest mammals ever ...