As the climate warms, scientists expect animals and plants to move to cooler areas—uphill, toward the poles, or into deeper waters. But in a surprising twist, scientists have found that over a third ...

The Comanche National Grassland rewards visitors with the chance to follow dinosaur tracks and feel the spine-tingling thrill ...

Also, many larger filter-feeding invertebrates such as mussels live on the bottom of swamps, “cleaning the water of suspended organic remains,” Hardig says.

From antiquity to modern times, the city has been rife with creatures that creep, slither, scurry and nest among its pillars ...

Water and air pose completely different challenges to animals on a number of levels.

Snakes (Serpentes) live almost everywhere on Earth, except the polar regions, which are too cold for these cold-blooded animals. Snakes live in deserts and forests, regardless of whether these ...

As jewelflowers spread into California from the desert Southwest over the past couple of million years, they settled in ...

Deer have an excellent sense of smell, which they use to locate food.

Imagine a landscape where grasses sway in the wind, where wildflowers bloom from the first days of spring until the falling leaves of autumn. During the day, butterflies paint the skies, and bird ...

A new study published in the journal Soil Ecology Letters, shows the importance of old termite mounds as habitats for a wide ...

The new species, measuring just over half an inch long, was discovered on Equatorial Guinea’s Bioko Island, according to researchers.

Video. Musicians in US animal shelters bring calm with live performances, thanks to Wild Tunes. Over 100 volunteers play for animals in nine shelters, reducing their stress levels.