Discover the largest saltwater crocodiles ever recorded. Would you believe that number one could have grown even bigger?

Millions of years ago, our ancestors lost the ability to make vitamin C. It’s long been unclear why. But Dallas researchers ...

New research reveals how humans began moving pigs across the Pacific 50,000 years ago, reshaping ecosystems throughout the ...

Pigs across the Pacific can trace their ancestry to Southeast Asian domestic pigs that accompanied early Austronesian-speaking groups as they ...

Sauerkraut was also a cold-weather food in the 19th century, so it would have been an obvious item to pair with pork for New ...

Pigs across the Pacific can trace their ancestry to Southeast Asian domestic pigs that accompanied early Austronesian-speaking groups as they island-hopped across the region, according to a new ...

Bite force, a measure of the strength of an animal's bite, helps researchers understand a species' role in the ecosystem.

A terracotta figurine in the form of a pig was made in Egypt around 3000 b.c., during the Early Dynastic period. Pork accounts for more than a third of the world’s meat, making pigs among the planet’s ...

From metaphors for our behavior to demonstrations of our superior status, we use animals to help define ourselves.