Tyrannoroter heberti fossil shows one of the earliest land animals to eat plants, changing what we know about how ...

Hundreds of millions of years ago, the first animals to crawl onto land were strict meat-eaters, even as plants had already taken over the landscape. Now scientists have uncovered a ...

Life on Earth started in the oceans. Sometime around 475 million years ago, plants began making their way from the water onto ...

Ever since scientists began to understand evolution, they've been arguing over the contentious question of what, exactly, the first animal looked like. Based on genetic analysis, some say today's ...

STORM LAKE, Iowa (KTIV) — Caring Paws Rescue is negotiating to buy the former Lake Animal Hospital and hopes to open Storm Lake’s first animal shelter in 2026. The organization needs the community’s ...

After going more than 25 years without a dedicated animal shelter, the city of Opelousas is preparing to open its first shelter. For decades, stray and abandoned animals in Opelousas had no permanent ...

PIKEVILLE, Tenn. (WDEF)-In many of our population centers, animal shelters have reported being pushed to the brink being at or near capacity. However, the situation is even worse in rural areas with ...

PEACH COUNTY, Ga. — After years of delays and debate, Peach County has officially opened its first dedicated animal control shelter. What began as an idea more than a decade ago has become a reality ...

TAMPA, Fla. — ZooTampa at Lowry Park on Wednesday announced that it is celebrating the birth of a critically endangered eastern bongo calf, the zoo’s first animal birth of the year. The female calf ...

For almost two decades, scientists have debated whether sponges or comb jellies are the first animal lineage. Now some are calling for a more harmonious approach. Which animals came first? For more ...