A gene that is important for human hearing could determine whether a dog’s ears are pendulous like a basset hound’s or stubby ...

Lizards have the amazing ability to regenerate their lost tails. So why might they regrow two? Read here to learn more!

These tiny bouncing specks you see hopping across the snow are springtails, ancient little arthropods that have been around ...

Springtails, an ancient arthropod, are commonly found in snow at this time of year. Here's what gave them the nickname, "snow ...

A new study posits that same-sex sexual behavior developed to help primates in complex social groups ease tension, reduce ...

While technically called springtails, snow fleas ( Hypogastruna nivicola) are a springtail species active during winter. Snow ...

A new study by researchers at Imperial College London and published on Monday in Nature Ecology & Evolution could help shed ...

In virtually every piece of land on Earth—from near the summit of Mount Everest to Antarctica to caves nearly 2,000 meters ...

Up to 20 million driver ants can swarm out of one nest and attack any living thing in the area. Read how they do it!

Researchers at Thaksin University have identified a previously unknown cave-dwelling springtail, marking a significant ...

Scientists may have cracked the case of whether a seven-million-year-old fossil could walk upright. A new study found strong ...