Biology

Scientists say the animals have a distinct culture and vocal dialect, and specialize in taking down large prey.

Unique adaptations allow the ambush predator to thrive in an environment that would kill most other organisms.

Accidentally released on a Finnish island 30 years ago, the parasites are spreading.

Scientists' creative approach to collecting spotted skunks led to a new family tree for the handstanding li'l stinkers.

The western false asphodel has an appetite for insects, but it’s not a great time to be a meat-eating plant.

Discovering the trait may help scientists protect the tuatara, which has been around since the dinosaurs.

The science of controlling marauding, sacred monkeys, from the new book by best-selling author Mary Roach.

As Fat Bear Week approaches, biologists share the results of a novel, noninvasive method to determine the animals' true heft.

A century-plus tradition on the Italian island of Linosa evolves from sustenance to conservation science.

Hotaru ika are a glow-in-the-dark delicacy.

An endangered species is thriving at a once-blighted lot, but climate change and other challenges threaten its future.

One in Indonesia has been carrying a rubber ring since at least 2016. Here’s how the litter might be affecting the animal’s life.

The bean-sized snail has persevered despite hundreds of related species going extinct in recent decades.

Studying the animal’s nerve network may help scientists understand our own.

Once thought to be a burden to neighboring trees, these 'ghosts of the forest' may actually benefit them.

The curly-horned antelope is hanging in there—sometimes from a helicopter.

For a species on the brink of extinction, saving one life can make a big difference.