Animals

Perhaps, but humans all over the world, from Siberia to Illinois, have a long history of burying animals with respect.

Researchers drilled through an Antarctic ice shelf to sample sediment. But they found animals that weren't supposed to be there.

These ancient guardians of the traditional nomadic way of life are making a comeback.

It took a custom-built barge and a whole lot of patience to get these rare animals off a shrinking island.

A conservation team wanted to know if removing killer bees would make life easier for Lear's macaw.

Newspapers used to describe sightings of dozens at a time. These days, one researcher says, "most Australians have never seen one."

Researchers mined crowdsourced photos to figure out how city life suits the southern alligator lizard.

Garbage doesn't belong in water, but in some of Britain's urban areas, it makes for a surprising habitat.

Researchers determined that the pachyderms fare just fine when they sail suspended from a helicopter.

Low-cost seismometers could give rural communities an alert system, or begin to decipher elephant communication.

Meet Podokesaurus holyokensis, a prehistoric resident of the Commonwealth.

Across the eastern United States, a marvel of nature in the form of billions of loud, flying, mating insects.

The logbooks kept by 19th-century Nantucket whalers offer a colorful peek into the gruesome industry.