Is the snow leopard actually a leopard?

Jerry Dragoo and his colleagues found that skunks should be classified as their own family, which they named Mephitidae, after a word meaning “stink.”

Milton Garces records infrasound in order to understand what's happening in Kilauea's underground lava tubes. Read the interview.

Death Valley may seem an unlikely habitat for a fish, but the Devil's Hole pupfish has managed to thrive here for thousands of years.

Save the Chimps bid a sad farewell on Thursday, July 7, to one of our elder statesmen, Lou.

Jellies live in virtually every part of the ocean and come in a dizzying array of shapes, sizes, and colors. Some, like the aquarium's box jellies, are no bigger than a thimble.

Displaying a great white has long been a dream of aquariums around the world. But previous efforts to care for the sharks have largely ended in failure.

One of the most remarkable pieces of equipment designed by Widder is the Eye-in-the-Sea, a unique, unobtrusive camera that sits on the sea bottom and records the never-before-seen behavior of marine animals.

As its name implies, it has a star for a nose -- specifically, a snout made up of 22 fleshy tentacles, that form a fleshy, circular star. And with that star, says biologist Kenneth Catania of Vanderbilt University, the little mole can do some remarkable things.