Summary: A global study of vertebrates reveals that body temperature is the key driver behind brain size evolution.

Ever wondered which animals have the biggest ears in the animal kingdom? Read this interesting article on seven remarkable creatures from the mighty elephant to the fennec fox, learn how their ...

Minnesota has many habitats that are teeming with animals, some of which are impressively big. Here are the largest.

Vertebrates have extremely different brain sizes: even with the same body size, brain size can vary a hundredfold.

Large mammals in Yellowstone adapt to summer heat by changing behavior—shaped more by landscape than biology, a new study ...

The Antarctic blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus ssp. Intermedia) is the largest animal on the planet, but it is critically ...

On one of the coldest mornings ever in Florida, a young green sea turtle flailed through freezing surf. Too stunned to swim, ...

Its rediscovery didn’t come easily. Vejmělka’s team trekked up Mount Wilhelm, Papua New Guinea’s highest peak, at around ...

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park straddles North Carolina and Tennessee. It spans more than 520,000 acres and includes ...

For the first time, more tropical forest burned than grassland. Most of the fires began on cattle ranches and spread through ...

The Caribbean plays host to a brilliant spectrum of colourful avians, says John Lewis-Stempel, as he revels in a ...