Next time you’re walking through fallen leaves in a forest, keep an eye out for the Eastern red-backed salamander—a small ...

He said ecosystems near lead sources suffer a range of adverse effects such as reduced biodiversity, altered species composition, stunted growth and reproductive issues in plants and animals.

The animal lived about 22 million years ago in a coastal section of the Miocene Paratethys Sea in what is now Upper Austria. The work is published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. The ...

E ven for nature lovers, there are some animals out there that give even the most dedicated naturalist the heebie-jeebies.

Visual systems of both humans and animals can detect life motion from the environment at the earliest stage of visual ...

From the present, human perspective, it’s not hard to understand the value of fingernails: We might use our upper nails to ...

Nearly 300 students from Zane Trace Elementary School and Community Action Head Start got to have a close encounter with ...

The species had been lost for millions of years when, in 1938, it again surfaced and has survived largely unchanged from its early roots, possessing lobed limbs like their ancient counterparts similar ...

The doomsday fish got its name because it looks like a mythical sea creature, with a long, ribbon-shaped body that can grow ...

The 500-million-year-old primitive fish without bones or teeth has surprisingly advanced anatomical features. “Based on the ...

Researchers suggest "one daring idea" would be to apply the concept of habituation to the relationship between cancer and immunity.

What is the “most Canadian” animal? Spoiler: it’s not the beaver or the moose. Researchers have unveiled the most ...