Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species was first published in 1859, introducing much of the world to evolutionary theory.

Folk art is said to carry culture from one generation to the next. If so, the humble basket is one of its original vessels, enduring today for both practical use ...

Elephant grass: The relative chromosome lengths of the BAGS 54, 65 and 91 accessions showed that the largest chromosome pair represented, on average, 10.4% of the haploid set length. Its length could ...

Namibia is a southwestern African nation roughly twice the size of California, known for having the world’s oldest desert.

Are hippos dangerous? Hippos hold a common perception of a cute and bubbly demeanor, but that is quite a far cry from the ...

As the Edmonton Valley Zoo’s most famous resident quietly shares her half-century birthday with Canada, the long-time zoo ...

Cuteness can shift moods and lower cortisol, and science backs it up. Looking at baby animals, like a seal pup blinking on a ...