A nearly complete skull fossil found in Egypt has revealed a new species of Hyaenodonta, an apex carnivore that mysteriously went extinct about 25 million years ago.

This deer lovingly and insistingly licks his cat companion – one of the many ways animals show care for each other. Image by jamesgriffiths via Depositphotos Unexpected friendships can blossom ...

Deer are usually stressed during the winter in the northern U.S. and Canada. The cold stresses their metabolism, and as if that’s not enough, it’s challenging to find food and avoid predators. How do ...

Mircea Costina/Shutterstock.com White-tailed deer are so abundant in Pennsylvania that they are the state’s official animal. The state has separate seasons for archery, muzzleloaders, regular firearms ...

(For instance, you’re more likely to see a squirrel or a deer on a hike than ... of such a complete skull allows researchers to learn concrete traits of the animal, such as how big muscle ...

A fascinating turn of events in the animal kingdom has recently taken the internet by storm. A video of a deer eating a snake, a sight that challenges our conventional understanding of this ...

Feb. 21, 2025 — Using underwater microphones and machine learning (ML), researchers have developed a new method to estimate North Atlantic right whale numbers -- offering a potentially safer and ...