Mammals are a bit odd when it comes to bones. Rather than the bony plates and scales of crocodiles, turtles,…

About 100 million years ago, a group of trendsetting moths started flying during the day rather than at night, taking…

The saying “Birds of a feather flock together” is being given new meaning by a study published in the Philosophical…

Walk a short distance through the Amazon Rainforest, and you might witness what look like dead leaves launch from the…

In a pair of complementary studies, researchers take a close look at Luna moth (Actias luna) tails through the eyes…

The Indo-West Pacific is the largest, most biodiverse marine ecosystem on Earth, and many of the species it supports have…

Mezcal is a distilled alcohol made from the boiled and fermented sap of agave plants. Most mezcal beverages — including…

The number of unprovoked shark attacks worldwide decreased last year, tying with 2020 for the fewest number of reported incidents…

A population of non-native aggressive, air-breathing fish known as the goldline snakehead (Channa aurolineata) was documented for the first time…

The island of Hispaniola once had among the highest rodent diversity in the Caribbean, supporting 11 species that coexisted for…