When winter is upon us, we are aware of our shorter days and colder temperatures. Animals have their own adaptations for ...

Journalist Daisy Hernández chronicles the history of Chagas disease, also known as kissing bug disease, and how it changed ...

When people talk about “the biggest spider,” they’re usually mixing two different records: the longest leg span and the ...

Quick Take Boulenger’s backpack frog carries eggs in a dorsal pouch on its back instead of dropping them into water. This ...

The consumption of edible insects, a common part of the diet of some Asian and Latin American countries, is tentatively ...

In a type of relationship known as mutualism, two different species benefit from one another through cooperation. While some ...

Meet a katydid that sounds like a bird and is as big as one too! It's even able to modulate its call to avoid attracting bats ...

Belgica antarctica is a tiny little thing – just about the length of a grain of rice. It doesn’t bite, living instead on moss ...

From polygamous tree toads to heavy stick bugs, this year’s extensive new species discoveries are changing the way we see our ...

Green tree frogs will hide in any crevices, logs, branches, leaves, or other small spaces they can find. Leaving the leaves ...

AFRICA: CREATURES consuming species that contain deadly toxins have evolved a suite of clever strategies to stay alive. The 10 snakes faced a tough predicament. Collected from the Colombian Amazon, ...