Pileated woodpeckers can grow up to 17 inches long, thriving in large and decaying trees in old-growth forests across North ...

Zealandia, the world’s first fully fenced urban ecosanctuary, is taking a long view on conservation—and creating one of New ...

Irukandji jellyfish deliver one of the most painful possible stings. Learn what the experts say about the dreaded Irukandji ...

Like other insects, individual bees survive our harsh winters in diapause, overwintering in different stages of their life cycle: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Those individuals survive safe from the ...

Every year, a massive migration takes place in the Serengeti. Many animals participate in the migration, but the wildebeest ...

By applying computational engineering methods to model weight and gravitational forces acting on sauropod femurs, researchers found that these massive four-legged dinosaurs were generally able to stay ...

Now this is the Law of the Jungle — as old and as true as the sky; And the Wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the Wolf that shall break it must die.” “As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk, ...

If birds seem to skip your feeder, the problem may be where it's placed. Certain everyday yard locations can make even the ...

High up from the forest floor, birds flit from limb to limb and weave their homes from leafy foliage, seemingly safe from ...

Lost mountain woodlands in the Scottish Highlands will return if deer densities are reduced, according to new University of ...

An analysis of growth rings in the leg bones of 17 Tyrannosaurus rex individuals reveals that the dinosaurs matured much more ...

The great tit (Parus major) is the picture-perfect garden bird. With its colorful feathers and melodic, two-note whistle, it ...