A model of Microraptor being put on display at the American Museum of Natural History. Microraptor was one of the smallest known dinosaurs, weighing about one pound—roughly the size of a large rabbit.

Among the smallest warm-blooded animals on the planet, hummingbirds run one of the most demanding metabolisms in the animal kingdom. To power their blurring wingbeats and their ability to hover in ...

The Arabian leopard—one of the world’s rarest and most elusive big cats—clings to survival across the Middle Eastern deserts and mountains. With the IUCN believing only 120 remain in the wild, these ...

The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park is one of the most satisfying easy hikes that Maryland has tucked away ...

Dinosaurs conquered the land at enormous sizes, but strangely, they almost never evolved into truly tiny animals. New research suggests that physiology alone can’t explain this missing miniature end ...

Bonnethead sharks are the only known shark species where males and females carry visibly different head shapes, and for two ...

Scientists investigated this phenomenon, using mathematical models to explore the evolution of body size across vertebrate ...

To minimise biosafety risks, the researchers deliberately excluded genetic information from viruses known to infect humans, ...

Richard Hammond is a well-loved TV presenter, but there are some lesser-known facts about him. here are seven things you may ...

In Canada and the US this formidable predator has the alternative name of Timber Wolf due to its preferred habitat in ...

The world’s smallest buffalo has been born at a UK zoo standing just 50cm tall – the same height as a traffic cone. Mentari, ...

The deadliest killers in the animal kingdom aren’t lions or sharks, but creatures so small you might not notice them until it ...