Meet animals that grow for a lifetime, sometimes for centuries, and discover why dinosaurs did not, despite their huge size.

American colonies declaring their independence from Great Britain. One of the most enduring symbols of those “times that try ...

Beavers, earthworms, prairie dogs, elephants, and more don't just live in ecosystems, they reshape them to the benefit of ...

One of the strange, small reptiles living within the giant deserts of Southern Africa is the barking gecko. It is strange to ...

Clear out your shelves for a bumper new crop of books by authors including Naomi Klein, Rebecca Solnit and Xand Van Tulleken, ...

A new study published in Science shows that these plants—called cycads—use infrared radiation from heat as a signal to ...

South Florida researchers warn the Everglades face an Asian swamp eel invasion, depleting small fish and starving wading birds, threatening the wetland food web.

Hummingbirds are some of the most beautiful and elegant creatures on earth, and inviting them into your yard is almost like ...

An interactive toolbox for standardizing, validating, simulating, reducing, and exploring detailed biophysical models that can be used to reveal how morpho-electric properties map to dendritic and ...

Pest control experts are warning the public about a newly discovered invasive coin-marked snake species in Malta that could ...

The Ball python (Python regius) is a nonvenomous constrictor snake native to sub-Saharan Africa. Known for its docile temperament and manageable size, it has become one of the most popular pet ...

An invasive pest that hitchhiked into New South Wales on a vehicle travelling from Queensland has been captured, state ...