The mythical chupacabra, with its gray, scaly skin and fangs, has intrigued and frightened communities across the Americas for decades.

A large group of apes has staged a movie-like escape in a small town in the United States after escaping from a ...

Peanut the squirrel and Fred the raccoon were confiscated and euthanized that week, here’s how the incident became political.

A compelling biography about a groundbreaking scientist and his controversial work, using rodent cities to examine the ...

Jessica Mann's new book is a riveting read for everyone who wants to know what birds are thinking and feeling from their ...

Alcohol — and animals that love to consume it — is far more common in the natural world than scientists once believed, a study has found. Because ethanol — the kind of alcohol that forms ...

Nov. 8, 2024 — Tool use isn't unique to humans. Chimpanzees use sticks as tools. Dolphins, crows, and elephants are known for their tool-use abilities, too. Now a report highlights elephants ...

John Henry Haseltine's "The Mountain Clown..." is a fictional artist's fictional career retrospective. It's beguiling and ...

As writers, they were inspired by the unfamiliar scenery and its potential as a setting for a murder mystery in which six ...

Meat grown in a lab isn't science fiction anymore. Cultured meats have existed for over a decade, and as of 2023, you might even find lab-grown chicken in restaurants (in the U.S., at least). Now, ...

The festival includes talks by author Robin Ince celebrating the 50th anniversary of James Herbert’s Rats by taking audiences ...

When I was 19 years old, in the early 1980s, I started writing a novel about the daughter of the first female United States president. I don’t think there has been a day since when I haven’t ...