A new study led by researchers at the University of Oxford has shown that the shape and orientation of coastlines ...

The well-being benefits of nature are often linked to forests or habitats that support diverse pollinators. Spending time in ...

From bold foxes to gregarious birds, animals’ personalities are increasingly being seen as crucial to conservation efforts.

The conservation of genome regulatory elements over long periods of evolution is not limited to vertebrates, as previously ...

New research has found that roughly half of Australia's freshwater fish are fond of snacking on animal and plant material, ...

A good class pet is active during the school day, comfortable with the average temperature and humidity in the building, and ...

Red blood is the exception, not the rule. Evolution has painted it green, purple and white in animals that push physiology ...

Shielded from development and agriculture, many archaeological sites from ancient Greece have now become inadvertent safe ...

Few locations on Earth are as haunting or deeply ironic as so-called involuntary parks — places too toxic, dangerous, or ...

Kelli Carroll, a zookeeper at the Lake Superior Zoo, introduces The Lift to the zoo’s blue-death feigning beetles.

Compared to other places in the world, the United States of America has a pretty good reputation when it comes to surviving ...

Crocodiles and alligators are usually the apex predators in whatever environment they live in. Their massive jaws and armored ...