The denizens of the Middle Island wetlands may have short spring migrations, but it's still a perilous journey.

The lovable puppet’s appearance “honors the long history between UMD and Muppets creator Jim Henson,” the university's ...

Scientists assumed for generations that the coelacanth became extinct. The ancient fish, that was 400 million years old, was supposed to have died 65 million years ago. That feeling ended in 1938 ...

What animal has the longest gestation period? From salamanders to elephants, here’s how long it can take to make a baby.

From water parks to vintage aircraft and fossils, there are no shortage of family friendly opportunities located a short ...

WTOP gets a look at how a “fossil preparator” uncovers the past at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in D.C.

Researchers created safe synthetic antibiotics from frog molecules. These may help fight superbugs in the future.

Melville Koppies Nature Reserve is one of Johannesburg’s most iconic natural sites. A national heritage site, this reserve is ...

The fossil she’s working on is that of a massive ancient amphibian that looks like a dinosaur called Eryops. Though its appearance would suggest it’s related to Spinosaurus or a Komodo Dragon ...

The museum is a 44,000-square-foot facility overlooking a 4-acre fossil-filled former sand quarry in Mantua, Gloucester ...