A newly published study provides insight into the death of an elephant and the lives of the scavengers that fed on it ...

One spring, after a long winter, an aged elephant lay dying at the bank of a small stream near the coast of what is now ...

The La Brea Tar Pits are a group of natural asphalt pools in the Miracle Mile neighborhood of Los Angeles. In the middle of ...

She promoted humanitarian causes and the need to protect the natural world, and tried to balance the grim realities of the ...

A pit bull was thrown off a second-floor balcony while trying to protect a 15-year-old girl from a man on Monday, the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office said.The incident happened around 7 p.m. at a ...

Friday and Saturday are the pumpkin patch at Cedar Creek Gallery in Creedmoor. But these aren't typical pumpkins. Glass blowers hand-make each one with fire and heat and a dazzling array of colors.

UNC administration placed Dwayne Dixon, a professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, on administrative leave on Monday, effective immediately. The decision follows reports of Dixon's alleged ...

Pit Bulls have a tough reputation, but anyone who’s ever lived with one knows the truth: They’re giant babies in disguise. A video making the rounds proves it perfectly. A cat barely taps a Pit Bull, ...

Scientists have named a new ichthyosaur, Eurhinosaurus mistelgauensis, from fossils found in Mistelgau, Germany. The marine reptile had a dramatic overbite similar to swordfish and unique skeletal ...

Two men were rescued after falling into a mine pit in Virginia, authorities say. Members of the Virginia Fire Department responded to the Mesabi Bike Trail Access Point on 3rd Street North and 1st ...