Fast-moving animals process visual information at higher speeds, reshaping how they hunt, escape predators, and experience time.

New humpback whale study shows older male whales were more likely to become fathers and younger males were less likely to do ...

The Atacama Desert is one of the driest places in the world. Some areas get very little rain each year. The soil is salty, and in some places it even contains harmful elements like arsenic.

Even in the ultra-dry Atacama Desert, tiny soil-dwelling nematodes are thriving in surprising diversity. Scientists found ...

We report on a new study from France, which indicates that dogs and cats may help to spread invasive flatworms.

When it's time to give bed bugs the boot, an Orkin expert explains how myths can make things worse, and what you should do ...

Female bees and wasps are the real defenders. Only females can sting, because stingers are modified egg-laying organs. Males do nothing in defence. Females guard nests, food, and colonies with extreme ...

Even more surprisingly, plants themselves can produce sound waves. Recent studies have shown that stressed plants, such as those that are thirsty or injured, emit tiny clicking or popping sounds at ...

Humans don’t have a defined mating season like deer or wolves. Here’s how evolution blended biology, culture and social life into year-round intimacy.

Baby dinosaurs weren’t coddled like lion cubs or elephant calves—they were more like prehistoric latchkey kids. New research ...

"Primate mothers are some of the best mothers you will find in the animal kingdom," one expert said. So what happened with Punch's mom?