Until now, scientists have only known about the animals from fossils. But they suspected the creatures might still be alive, ...

OKALOOSA COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – The Gulfarium in Okaloosa County is celebrating one of its own animals as it sets a new world record. Romeo, a West Indian manatee living at the Gulfarium, has been ...

Scientists discovered some of the oldest bony fish fossils in China. The fossils explain the early history of animals with backbones.

When 9-year-old Yuvi Agarwal practiced piano, he noticed it instantly calmed his energetic goldendoodle puppy. Intrigued, he began playing music for anxious shelter animals, a move that would end up ...

Scientists at MIT have found compelling chemical evidence that Earth’s earliest animals were likely ancient sea sponges.

Sponges may be ancient, but their timeline has been murky. New research suggests the earliest sponges were soft and ...

This lovely Rat Terrier was rescued from a backyard breeder back in 2009, when he was only nine years old. Now 25, his record-breaking age has everyone stunned.

Scientists discovered a bizarre 275-million-year-old aquatic animal with sideways teeth and a twisted jaw in Brazil, revealing a rare “living fossil” lineage from the Permian period.

Maricopa County Sheriff’s deputies have made an arrest in connection to an animal cruelty case in the far West Valley near ...

New research shows that the earliest sponges were soft bodied and lacked skeletons, explaining why their oldest fossils are ...