Robert Irwin met Ben Marshall, the winner of his lookalike contest at Australia Zoo, and even he was stunned by the ...

Tiger sharks are typically solitary wanderers, and it wasn’t clear to scientists how they came together to reproduce. But as HPR’s Catherine Cluett Pactol reports, groundbreaking research from the ...

Beluga whales avoid inbreeding by switching partners over time, helping a small, isolated population stay genetically healthy ...

In the icy waters of Alaska’s Bristol Bay, a new study reveals how a small population of beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) survive the long haul through a surprising strategy: they mate with ...

In the eclectic journalism of Ian Frazier, almost any subject proves worthy of investigation.

Scientists at the American Museum of Natural History investigated old specimens that had been at the museum for decades and ...

For instance, it has been argued that as the modern human Y chromosome replaced the Neanderthal equivalent, Neanderthal males became sterile. Other research suggests that human genes might have messed ...

Discover all the differences between the black mamba vs king cobra. Would you believe that king cobras can live up to 20 ...

Listed as endangered since 1967, San Francisco garter snakes are found only on the Peninsula and in northern Santa Cruz County.

Black racer snakes are known to be fast, with some reaching speeds of 8-10 mph, which is a pretty good clip, especially for a ...

Wildlife star Robert Irwin has expressed his surprise when he met his doppelganger who won a lookalike contest at his ...

The strategy is the mysterious reason why beluga whales have such a diverse genetic population despite being an isolated ...