The vampire squid is a creature straight out of a gothic horror film. It lurks in the deep-sea abyss, cloaked in dark, webbed ...

Orange cats have always stood out in the living room, but new research shows they also stand apart in the mammal family tree.

A mysterious deep-sea creature has just helped scientists solve a long-standing evolutionary puzzle. The vampire squid—an ...

A new genome study is providing some insight into the matter by determining the timing of a key milestone in feline ...

Every household dog, from a towering Great Dane to a trembling toy breed, traces back to wild wolves. New genetic work shows ...

A major milestone has been reached, with experts across Europe, including those at the Wellcome Sanger Institute in Cambridge, UK, sequencing 1,000 species of butterflies and moths. This includes ...

Whether they are a Siamese, Persian, Maine Coon, or Domestic Shorthair, there are hundreds of millions of cats living with ...

Now, a new DNA analysis of a sprawling set of ancient feline remains reveal that the precursors to modern housecats ...