Researchers scanned island fox skulls to create digital models, enabling them to calculate brain and body size. For decades, scientists believed animals on islands evolved smaller brains relative to ...

Island syndrome refers to a suite of traits including reduced size, brain shrinkage, loss of flight in birds and tamer behavior. Until now, island brain size has mainly been studied in fossils of ...

The Catalina Island Conservancy has officially launched a new program aimed at educating the island’s residents and visitors alike about wildfire danger and prevention — with help from a new mascot ...