Embarking on a road trip from Los Angeles to San Francisco will prove very rewarding for any happy traveller. This is one of ...

Quick Take Winter specialists thrive in cold through thick coats, fat storage, and altered diets, enjoying fewer predators ...

Humans are not the only animals that can remember the voices of their old acquaintances. Elephant seals, too, can remember the calls of their rivals even a year later. Caroline Casey, research ...

What can an elephant seal – a 4,000 pound, bellowing monstrosity that looks like a melted Yankee Candle – teach us about the world? Plenty, it turns out. “The animals are amazing. I mean, everything ...

Italy have been drawn against Northern Ireland in the World Cup play-off semi-final. Here is what to expect from the Green and White Army when they visit the Azzurri in March. Italy finished second in ...

Apparently bird flu wasn't just for the birds. Scientists with the British Antarctic Survey say one species on a remote island was hit hard by the outbreak. South Georgia Island lies in the southern ...

The Marine Mammal Center is testing a Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza vaccine on elephant seals at its Sausalito hospital. If it is effective in producing antibodies, the center plans to vaccinate ...

Western Michigan (6-4) at Northern Illinois (3-7), Nov. 18 at 7 p.m. EST. How to watch: ESPN2 Key stats Northern Illinois Offense Overall: 283.3 yards per game (132nd in FBS) Passing: 108.1 yards per ...

For the last year and a half, Americans have watched and worried as H5N1 bird flu racked dairy herds and killed hundreds of millions of commercially raised chickens, turkeys and ducks. But far less ...