When oxygen disappears, most fish suffocate. This one ferments its own metabolism and waits months for spring beneath frozen ...

Understand reptiles, natural fear responses, psychological phobias, common symptoms, causes, and why certain animals trigger ...

Crucian carp possess a remarkable ability to survive for months in oxygen-free, frozen northern lakes. These fish convert ...

Koch, who studied vision, thought that by measuring people's brain responses as they looked at special optical illusions, ...

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

Dinosaurs ruled the planet between 230 to 66 million years ago, although many other life forms had evolved well before their existence. Moreover, some of these living creatures still exist today.

The classic thought experiment about a horse-sized duck and a hundred duck-sized horses is more than a joke. It captures a ...

New research suggests that long-term exposure to very low concentrations of chlorpyrifos, a widely used insecticide, can ...

M.S. in Biodiversity Data Analytics Program Director Viorel Popescu examines why biodiversity commitments are running into a ...

When scientists sliced into a block of Siberian permafrost and pulled out a woolly mammoth nicknamed Yuka, they expected to ...

Quick Take Annual taxonomic descriptions are increasing, but they may not actually be outpacing extinctions. Analyzing 2 ...

Carol Veliotis is a local columnist for The Covington News. She can be reached at carol.veliotis@gmail.com.