The Arctic fox is primarily a carnivore that lives inland, away from the coasts. They are dependent on the presence of smaller animals (most often lemmings) to survive. Arctic foxes also hunt for sea ...

Arctic sea ice has now dipped to its second lowest extent for January, with the edge of the ice field pushed well north of its usual position. According to the US National Snow and Ice Data Centre ...

Modern life makes us tired, right? But research from societies in Africa and South America suggests people in the ancient ...

A new animal-borne virus has been discovered in Alabama. But the creature that carries it can be found along parts of the Atlantic seaboard, as far north as southern Saskatchewan, Canada, as far ...

As the month of January nears a conclusion leaving us with about 2 and a half more months of regular season hockey on the horizon, the NHL/NHLPA’ ...

A landmark study reporting the discovery of Australopithecus africanus one century ago put the African continent at the centre of the story of humanity. Overcrowding can lead to disaster, and yet ...

This strain is called Camp Hill, named for the place near Auburn, Alabama, where four infected northern short-tailed shrews were caught in 2021. “The discovery of a henipavirus in North America ...

The Ecological Society of America has over 100 years of journal publishing history and offers some of the most widely read and cited journals in the field of ecology. The seven journals in our ...

Modern life makes us tired, right? But research from societies in Africa and South America suggests people in the ancient world slept only 6.5 hours a night.

Researchers recently announced that a deadly virus has been found in short-tailed shrews in the United States. The discovery of the virus has led to concerns regarding the potential for animals to ...

By comparison, Camp Hill virus is more closely related to other shrew-borne henipaviruses seen in Southeast Asia and Europe than bat-borne henipaviruses like Hendra and Nipah, he said.