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New fossil evidence shows that South America’s extinct mastodons were vital seed dispersers, and their loss still haunts ...

Researchers studied chemicals found in the animals’ bones, teeth and tissues, as well as genetic material from their stomach ...

Data from 96 mastodon teeth reveals that the proboscidean lived in fruit-rich forests and traveled widely. Although they mostly fed on leaves, fruit was part of their diet, although more in some ...

Depopulation in Japan’s countryside shows biodiversity declines even when people leave, urging smarter land use to protect ...

Meyerson defines invasive species as "non-native species introduced either intentionally or accidentally by humans outside of ...

Even though there are 8 billion people on Earth today, a catastrophe could send that number much lower within a few decades.

Pollution Time Machine: It’s not just living animals that carry remnants of humanity’s toxic footprint. Samples of bird feathers, fish tissues and other materials hold traces of pollutants that can ...

In some cases, chimpanzees dabbed their open wounds with leaves. In rarer cases, they chewed up plant material (like leaves ...

Within the animal kingdom, a naturally produced molecule known as itaconate serves a prominent role in the immune system as a defensive agent against viruses and inflammation. Itaconate is classified ...

When a wild orangutan in Sumatra recently suffered a facial wound, apparently after fighting with another male, he did something that caught the attention of the scientists observing him. The animal ...