Venom is one of nature’s most effective (and fascinating) survival tools. Across the world, a wide range of animals have ...

Aquaculture is now the fastest-growing food production sector globally, supplying more than half of the fish and seafood ...

With tide their clock, gravity their compass and sunlight their fuel, animalgae is a deal-breaking bond. Having shed major ...

One of California’s most iconic animals is in trouble. A preliminary tally of monarch butterflies that spend the winter along ...

The unexpected observation of a cow using a broom to scratch herself isn't necessarily surprising, but it expands our ...

They found that the shrews’ brain cells lose water but crucially do not die, meaning that the animals retain their brain ...

There’s nothing like that first spring salad you’ve been babying for weeks. And there’s nothing like walking out one damp ...

In our biology class, were learned the definition of invertebrates: animals lacking a backbone, such as crabs and insects and jelly fish and worms. We humans have related the spineless ...

During mass extinction events or periods that were particularly warm, the role of coastline geometry in extinction risk was ...

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

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

Spontaneous rhythmic contractions of the intestinal tract, also known as peristalsis, play an important role in enabling healthy gut function in the vast majority of living organisms. This intrinsic ...