Pesticides, habitat loss, and light pollution are threatening firefly populations worldwide, but even in urban areas, some lightning bugs continue to shine.

Namibia is a southwestern African nation roughly twice the size of California, known for having the world’s oldest desert.

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Bristle worms have protrusions that act like a 3D printer, helping us to understand how cells regenerate. Most people will ...

Cockroaches that catch a ride on ants. Grasshoppers that climb aboard sheep. Hitchhiking animals are more common than you think.

From DNA sequencing to fingerprint analysis, forensic scientists are using groundbreaking new tools to stop animal ...

Here's how Jorge the sea turtle prepared for the improbable journey—decades after he was found tangled in a fishing net off ...

For centuries, humans have lived underground. Today, that ancient practice is under dire threat—even as cave life makes more ...

A spirit of defiance and a mysterious culture endure on the French island of Corsica, intertwined with the timeless beauty of ...

Africa’s Great Migration sees millions of wildebeest and zebra thunder across the sun-bleached savannah, drawn by instinct to cross crocodile-infested rivers where predators lie in wait. But beyond ...

A new project in the Chugach and Tongass National Forests will make overnights in Alaska’s wilderness less intimidating for ...