Emma Bryce

Stories of vast graveyards where elephants go to die only scratch the surface of the fascinating death-related behaviors in these mammals.

If you're wondering whether birds are reptiles, know this: The reptile family tree is more varied and diverse than you might realize.

Scientists identified the tiny species of cat from a fossilized jawbone, which could date back as far as 300,000 years ago.

The tree of life maps out the relationships between all living things, and it's in constant flux.

Project seeks to protect ancient tree lineages that have survived from a time before Earth’s continents broke apart.

A new simulation reveals how Australia's first inhabitants migrated across Sahul, before it became modern-day Australia.

From Titanoboa and Vasuki — prehistoric snakes as long as a Tyrannosaurus rex — to modern-day pythons and boa constrictors that can swallow humans whole, these are the biggest, heaviest and longest snakes to have ever lived on Earth.

An AI-driven supercomputer dubbed Earth's 'digital twin' could help us avoid the worst impacts of climate catastrophes headed our way.

The landscape features in the dreamtime stories of Australia's Indigenous people.

Locust swarms can arise from several locations at once. Research has linked these dramatic events to bouts of heavy rain and wind — and that's not good news under climate change.

Sonar mapping revealed signs of rivers and freshwater lakes across a now-sunken landscape almost twice the size of the UK, where humans could once have thrived.

Researchers found a new species of fanged frog when they noticed clutches of eggs laid on leaves and mossy boulders unusually far above water.

About 510 million years ago, a deadly combination of low oxygen and surging hydrogen sulfide may have been what decimated 45% of all ocean life.

In the furthest, deepest reaches of the ocean, there is a watery graveyard where the world's satellites and space stations go to rest.

The leading group is so diverse that it represents one in every three animal species on Earth.

The number varies from a dozen to almost 100 — and most of these don't even appear on official maps.

Neon green, ultraviolet, rainbows — the variety of colors animals can make seem endless. Here's why they make this profusion of color.

The latest footage follows two other sightings of all-white, newborn humpback calves — but experts aren't convinced these whales are albino like the famous Migaloo.

From spiders the size of dinner plates, to others with inch-long fangs, these mythically-large arachnids roam the earth.

Deer are known to behead chicks and chew on their legs and wings. They have also been observed gnawing on bones from decomposing human corpses.

Race and ethnicity are terms that are sometimes used sloppily, almost interchangeably. But race and ethnicity are not the same thing.

What animal species will survive projected future droughts, rising temperatures and habitat loss?

Is this expression really a smile?