The animal family in Music City continues to grow, with the Nashville Zoo adding two capybaras for the first time in its ...

Asian swamp eels are spreading through the Everglades and decimating crayfish populations, leading to comparisons with ...

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Many insects live in fresh water, or close to the sea in salt marsh and beach habitats. There are also several species of water striders in the genus Halobates, which live on the ocean’s surface, far ...

Submerged bees breathe and use strategies that don’t require oxygen, lab tests show. In nature, that trick could help the ...

A rare painted river terrapin hatched at the Smithsonian National Zoo, giving conservationists hope for a turtle species ...

After scientists accidentally discovered that the common eastern bumblebee can withstand flood conditions, they wanted to investigate what makes that super-ability possible ...

New data from the Japanese government reveals that horse exports for slaughter continue to cause a shocking number of injuries and deaths.

A near-impenetrable plateau in Central Africa allowed elephants to hide from humans for years. The same landscape could also be their savior.

Amazon mollies don't need a man, and never will. A new study finds they can purge and repair genetic mutations that would otherwise plague a self-cloning species.

A Cambridgeshire woman who kept farm animals “ in hazardous conditions” has been found guilty of multiple animal welfare and ...