From sticky “flypaper” to lightning-fast suction, carnivorous plants have evolved various ingenious traps for finding the ...

A bright green sea slug along America’s coast feeds on sunlight, not food, borrowing plant power to survive months unfed, ...

There are few things more joyful, if occasionally nerve-wracking, than having a pet in your home. And plenty of people agree.

A list of animated cartoon series that kids who are obsessed with animals can watch to learn about ecosystems, animals and ...

As the climate changes, scientists are concerned about how well plants and animals will adapt to rapid warming. A new ...

Carnivorous plants look like botanical oddities, but their behavior is not a gimmick. It is a precise evolutionary solution ...

Some animals do not have red blood like humans. From spiders to octopuses, their copper-rich blue blood helps them survive ...

Summer is the season for flies, which belong to an insect group that scientists call Diptera. Many fly species are more ...

From near‑extinction to state icon, explore the story of North Dakota’s plains bison and its enduring ties to the prairie.

Islands are the single most vulnerable group of jurisdictions to climate change globally, despite contributing less than one ...

Raccoons living in America’s cities may be showing early indications of what scientists call “domestication syndrome.” ...