The rare, nonvenomous snake hasn’t been spotted since 2020, and officials are asking the public to keep an eye open for them.
If you weren’t already charmed by catfish, here’s another reason you should be.
Yes, that seabird soaring above your head will poop on you—for very scientific, evolutionary reasons.
The new technique may someday help scientists learn how to prevent miscarriages.
The newly coined "doubling-back aversion" highlights another reason why people stubbornly refuse to change tack, researchers say.
Sparring saigas, a leaping whale, and a motherly beetle are some of this year’s coolest wildlife photos.
The remarkably stiff and durable teeth of a common mollusk species could offer invaluable insights for future technological advances, scientists say.
They may look like real-life jackalopes, but these rabbits owe their peculiar appearance to an infection caused by a cousin of the human papillomavirus.
In the world of spiders, when it comes to male sex organs, size really does matter.
It takes practice to become the ocean's top predator.
Sea star wasting disease causes sea stars to decay and die, often within days.
In 2023, a tourist stumbled upon a jellyfish species not seen since 1976. A follow-up investigation strongly suggests these jellies are very much alive and swimming.
New research finds that “tit divorce” is less arbitrary than biologists thought, revealing a complex social side to these common European songbirds.
Researchers have discovered a highly specialized community of sea creatures living 6 miles beneath the ocean surface—deeper than any found before.
Wildlife experts in Australia have discovered a new giant stick insect, and it’s the largest, heaviest insect ever found in the region.
Scientists found genetic elements linked to hibernation in the human genome. Tapping into them could produce a new wave of medical treatments.
Workers discovered a radioactive wasp nest near tanks storing liquid nuclear waste. Officials say there’s no need to panic, but watchdog groups are skeptical.
“Next time you eat potatoes, thank a tomato."
Burmese pythons pose a significant threat to the Florida Everglades, but scientists have come up with a clever new way to lure and trap them.
A new fossil discovery in China could push the evolutionary origins of birdsong back millions of years.
