In his debut book, the evolutionary biologist decodes the most exciting turning points in the effort to map what links all ...

From peanut butter to pasta sauce, some of your favorite foods could contain trace amounts of insects. The FDA says it’s ...

Humans can have extreme reactions when they come across insects – from delight at the sight of a Monarch butterfly to disgust ...

Biologists have long been fascinated by the ability of salamanders to regrow entire limbs. Now Harvard researchers have ...

In vertebrates, calcium is stored in bones, and its release is tightly regulated. Now, using fruit flies as a model organism, researchers at University of Tsukuba have shown that even animals without ...

Strange things are afoot in this world. For instance, far away, somewhere in the Middle East, there lives the Adactylidium, a mite so seemingly insignificant that it doesn’t even have ...

It’s one of the largest rivers in the Southwest. Discover the freshwater fish and animals that call the Pecos River home.

These days, anything unusual in nature often grabs attention, especially on social media. Bright yellow animals are one such ...

Iceland’s frozen, inhospitable winters have long protected it from mosquitoes, but that may be changing. This week, scientists announced the discovery of three mosquitoes — marking the country’s first ...

The smallest mammals on Earth prove that survival, agility, and a voracious appetite have nothing to do with scale.

Coyotes, bats, moths, raccoons, deer, and more: an exploration of the city’s dusk-till-dawn wildlife and the humans who study ...

In his rollicking scientific true-crime book, The Butterfly Thief, Walter Marsh delves into the dark side of museum ...