ANIMALS

The book grapples with the ethical dilemmas of saving Earth’s animals On the Arctic Ocean’s fringe, polar bears stand on...

Shadowy areas are a heat-absorbing liability, but losing them may mess with the insects’ mating Many dragonflies zip through the...

A withered old male hornet shows that repeat invasions are the not-so-new normal Fingers crossed for finding nothing: July marks...

The smallest mammal in the ocean doesn’t rely on blubber or a large body to keep toasty Sea otters’ secret...

Sparse, spindly scales and a waxy membrane coating are behind the insect’s transparency. Most butterflies sport colorful, eye-catching patterns on...

Her nickname is "Fernanda." A giant tortoise in the Galápagos Islands that was thought to have gone extinct over a...

A colony of wild African green monkeys living near the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport finally gets an origin story. Much-beloved...

A single-celled creature known as a dinoflagellate may have one of the weirdest genomes on Earth, The Scientist reported. Life...

The baby whale was alone and hundreds of miles from home. An injured baby minke whale stranded in the River...

This is the first time a new octopus has been described using completely non-invasive imaging. A new species of Dumbo...

Like many owls, it was probably a nighttime predator. A tiny, meat-eating dinosaur had superb low-light vision and hearing that...

Can they hear predators or prey? Snakes are unique animals, with their limbless bodies, flicking tongues and the ability to...

They look like normal earthworms, but can writhe, jump and even shed their tails to escape danger. Some call them...

Mosasaurus and other mosasaurs ruled the seas for millions of years. Mosasaurus was a ferocious predator in the ancient oceans...

The monster-like shark was first discovered in 2013. A 300 million-year-old shark relative, nicknamed the Godzilla shark after its discovery...

It's unknown how the whale actually died.   A huge dead whale rotting away on an island Down Under is...

Simple artificial structures could help reconnect forests fragmented by human activities With acrobatic leaps, Hainan gibbons can cross a great...

It is not often that a comedian gives an astrophysicist goose bumps when discussing the laws of physics. But comic...

Nature documentaries showcase the most exciting moments of daily life in the natural world, and a new series reveals that...

Stan sold for more than five times its low estimate. A 67 million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex specimen nicknamed Stan has just...