A major DNA study has rewritten the koala's evolutionary story, revealing that the species suffered a dramatic population collapse about 100,000 years ago, long before humans arrived in Australia. By ...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — Multiple dead animals were found during a search of a South Norfolk residence Friday afternoon, according to police. Officials say that officers with the Chesapeake Police ...

For more than 20 years, residents on the Mexican island of Cozumel had no idea a tiny fox species was roaming the inland forests. Even those who had heard of the Cozumel fox believed it had gone ...

A 68-year-old hiker who had been missing for days was found alive and well in the Willamette National Forest Thursday night, authorities said. Benton County Search and Rescue personnel located John ...

Right-handed? If so, you may have that in common with an ancient wormlike sea creature that is the earliest known animal with a head, according to an analysis of fossils conducted by paleontologists.

A couple in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was arrested after two children were found living alongside several dead animals in a home kept in “deplorable” conditions. The Philadelphia Police Department ...

In the late 1990s in the Ajimu region of Japan's Oita Prefecture, researchers discovered three fossilized vertebrae belonging to the Cryptobranchidae family of giant salamanders. These were embedded ...

GILBERT, Ariz. (AZFamily/Gray News) - A family plans to take legal action after their 1-year-old son was declared dead at an Arizona hospital but found alive hours later in the morgue. Blurred body ...

GILBERT, AZ (AZFamily) — A toddler who nearly drowned was found alive in a hospital morgue hours after a doctor at Mercy Gilbert Medical Center declared him dead, according to the police report.

The pool at the Arizona home where a “Miracle Baby” nearly drowned is partially enclosed by what appears to be plastic fencing with zip ties in places, photos obtained Wednesday by NBC News show.

A reconstruction of the Ajimu giant salamander, which is believed to have inhabited the lakes and marshes of the Ajimu region approximately 3.5 million years ago when its environment was warmer and ...