Christie Wilcox

Mammals took over the world after the last big extinction event. Now, one mammal is undoing all of that—us.

When your mouth is tiny, teamwork can help to take down enormous prey.

Matabele ants nurse each other back to health after battle with a surprisingly high success rate, a new study finds.

A new study suggests that warmer temperatures in the nest may affect these lizards’ eggs—making them dimmer when they grow up.

It isn’t just groundhogs—find out which animals hibernate and why.

The unusual ecological experiment took place in Mississippi, and the scientists were awed by the results—especially the rivers of maggots.

While cobras were known to eat other snakes on occasion, new research suggests the behavior is common—and they cannibalize their own kin.

One famous snail’s death highlights the plight faced by diverse Hawaiian snails, of which there were once hundreds of species.

Colombia’s “cocaine hippos” are making waves in their new home, but whether that’s a good thing or not depends on who you ask.

Recent studies suggest the duck-billed mammal is not as widespread as thought, in part due to centuries of hunting and habitat loss.