Researchers thought leaf-toed geckos were locally extinct on Rábida Island, so they were thrilled to find several of the ...

There's something highly unique about these odd-looking creatures: they're immune to cancer. The mole rat was one of the first entries into photographer Joel Sartore's Photo Ark, which now has ...

A dwarf elephant the size of a Shetland pony once roamed the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. In the West Indies, a giant rat-like rodent tipped the scales at more than 400 pounds (180 kg ...

NOVA “The Rise of the Mammals” Wednesday, July 23 at 10:00 pm Sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs in a fiery global catastrophe. But we... Read More ...