For decades, this question has bewildered biologists. Now, by studying Placozoa, scientists at Stanford University have ...

How Delaware schoolkids turned the agile gray fox into a symbol of history, resilience, and year‑round wildness.

Every year, researchers and people out in nature capture some aspect of animal behavior that’s unusual or unexpected in some ...

Some of nature’s most mesmerizing works of art might just be hanging in your backyard. The artist is an orb weaver spider.

Scientists discovered that river otter droppings contain large numbers of parasites that infect the animals’ prey, indicating that otters may play a significant role in shaping local food webs.

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I’ve learned how to befriend an octopus. I keep still, present my hand and pretend not to look directly at it. It eventually ...