Around 50,000 years ago, North America was home to a diverse array of megafauna. Mammoths roamed the tundra, while towering ...

FAU, SeaWorld San Diego, and the San Diego Natural History Museum have joined forces to scan the rare skeleton of the vaquita, the world's smallest and most endangered porpoise. The vaquita, meaning ...

The story of the man-eating lions is fairly well-known, but one Field Museum expert went the extra mile to confirm a specific part of the story.

On January 23, dozens of biologists laden with electrified backpacks, nets and buckets marched into the smoldering moonscape ...

Science dioramas of yesteryear can highlight the biases of the time. Exhibit experts are reimagining, annotating — and sometimes mothballing — the scenes.

Museum collections are key to universities' missions to provide education, research, public service and economic development to the state, nationally, and internationally.

Ray Bandar's "Bone Palace" spanned thousands of skulls he stashed in the basement of his Miraloma Park home. The collection ...

Americans in general are great volunteers, with at least 30 percent regularly donating their time to myriad organizations ...

Texas Wildlife Day celebrates everything feathered, furred, smooth and scaled on February 1st. The family-friendly event ...

Mark your calendar for the Mother Tongue Film Festival and events covering everything from odd oceanic couples to resilient ...

With their pristine fur and dark almond eyes, arctic foxes are possibly one of the most beautiful mammals to have lived in ...

Whales are the biggest creatures on Earth. These animals are found in every ocean, but that doesn't make them fish.