Extreme heat baking large parts of the U.S. generates extra business – and grueling working conditions – for New England ice ...

True blue is one of nature's rarest tricks, and the animals that pull it off range from tiny ocean drifters that steal venom ...

Some frogs have evolved features so strange that scientists struggle to explain them, and a few look less like amphibians ...

The video explores the Vietnamese giant centipede, a venomous arthropod found in the forests of Southeast Asia. It explains ...

Not so much a surprise discovery as a surprise ambush took place in the Bavarian municipality of Burgsinn, in south west ...

Grenada may be known as the Spice Isle, but it’s also an island that awakens every sense. Long after the nutmeg ice cream has ...

The idea that islands work like simple ecological puzzles has shaped biology for decades. Bigger islands support more species. Islands near continents attract more life. These principles became ...

Scientists are listening in on sperm whale conversations and studying Earth's strangest microbes to prepare humanity for first contact with extraterrestrial life. Tardigrades—a type of invertebrate ...

Throughout the US frog legs can be found at grocery stores and restaurants, and live frogs and other amphibians can be purchased for human consumption at Asian markets. Last year, after a 15-year ...

Fight or flight. They’re basic animal responses once considered purely instinctual—or perhaps strictly a natural learning process—but they may actually be a combination of the two. According to ...

Biological invasions occur when organisms such as animals and plants are introduced by people to regions of the world where they do not naturally occur. In these new locations, these organisms are ...