An imperiled newt only found in and around southern Oregon’s Crater Lake may soon be protected under the Endangered Species ...

Modern astrobiology suggests that alien life would evolve under many of the same ruthless pressures that shaped organisms on ...

The eye you instinctively close when you aim a camera has a biological explanation that spans hundreds of millions of years.

Nature experts have criticised Labour as ministers lay the groundwork for a crackdown on trapping magpies. Magpie trapping is ...

A new study suggests that harvestmen actively attack the slippery amphibians, rather than just scavenging them. The findings ...

Birds are using snake skins in their nests. This unusual practice helps protect eggs and chicks from predators. Studies show this strategy is most effective in cavity nests. The snake skin acts as a ...

If the eastern red-backed salamander has an equivalent of Usain Bolt, Sophia Zaslow is determined to find it. Since her undergraduate years, the Binghamton University doctoral student in biological ...

Florida may have found an unlikely ally in its long-running fight against invasive Burmese pythons. Researchers in South ...

If you've ever seen a bird's nest lined with what looks like a snake's shed skin, you're not imagining things. A study ...

The removal of invasive rodents from Lord Howe Island has triggered a rebound of invertebrate life, with researchers from the University of Sydney and collaborators documenting sharp increases in the ...

The use of neonicotinoids in cotton cultivation contributes to the control of pest organisms but may also affect beneficial ...

I hate to think my grandson won't experience this in Namadgi.