Scientists at UC San Diego have moved one step closer to unlocking a superpower held by some of nature’s greatest “masters of disguise.” Octopuses, squids, cuttlefish and other animals in the ...

The first study, published in Proceedings of the Royal Society: Biological Sciences, found that wild boars in the Czech Republic slept 17% less on hot days in summer than colder, even rainier, days in ...

Joshua Lisbon describes his background and experience before working on the 10-year study that formed the core content of this doc.

The backcountry community of Alpine has waited 30 years to secure a community park. It’s going to have to wait longer. The future of the 25-acre park in Alpine remains dim after ...

By raising its heart closer to its head by means of long legs, the giraffe “saves” a net 5% of the energy it takes in from food. Over the course of a year, this energy saving would add up to more than ...

Genetic tweaks allowed early humans to stand, balance and walk on two legs instead of moving on all fours like other primates ...

Deep in Kentucky’s rivers lives one of North America’s most mysterious creatures—the Eastern hellbender. Growing up to two feet long, this flat, wrinkly salamander has earned colorful nicknames like ...

Large mammals in Yellowstone adapt to summer heat by changing behavior—shaped more by landscape than biology, a new study ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, researchers identified 10 reports of 18 asymptomatic human cases ...

Challenging a long-standing assumption regarding the adult brain, recent research has demonstrated that individuals can ...

Experts warn drivers to be extra vigilant because the change to standard time, combined with seasonal weather shifts, raises ...

There are over 3,000 stick insect species, including a recently discovered species in Australia’s Wet Tropics. Learn more ...