John Bumpass Calhoun’s life’s work — studying rats and mice — was grounded here in Baltimore at the Johns Hopkins University.

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An island halfway between South Africa and Antarctica, where half of the world’s wandering albatrosses breed, is under threat ...

State officials are asking the public's input on whether to grant the species protection under the California Endangered ...

A Soviet zoologist with a passion for long-extinct mammals set out to reinvigorate the landscape of the Caucasus in the 20th ...

AT the start of his new movie, marmalade-loving bear Paddington gets into bother reaching for an orange hanging on a tree.

The most dangerous bird species are also some of the most beautiful. These seemingly innocent creatures can pack a punch — or peck — that you definitely want to avoid.

In the world of science and research, guinea pigs are small rodents that have been widely used in laboratory ... there is a ...

Nosferatu isn’t set to hit theaters until the end of December, but a special screening of the film was hosted in Los Angeles ...

Recently on social media, New Mexico residents were debating on whether or not there are crows or ravens in the state. Some ...

Campaigners are calling for stricter controls on rodenticides after finding that birds of prey in England are increasingly ...

Reticulated pythons are non-venomous, according to the Vanderbilt Museum. The diet of a reticulated python includes rodents ...