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Researchers used new technology to interpret a dolphin noise they say translates loosely to "seaweed"
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The shift in duration and pitch could impede females’ ability to pick up on mating signals, researchers say
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In a new book, photographer Josie Iselin highlights the exquisite colors and forms of kelp and other marine algae
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Why do some people become more prone to attachment and sentimentality when drunk, while others tend to stray?
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From tiny tapirs to pint-sized polar bears — America’s zoos are full of new baby animals
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Female cockroaches make eggs more quickly if they cuddle with other roaches, but artificial antennae delivering gentle touches can also speed egg growth
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These roly-poly herbivores just may be the teddy bears of the sea. But keep an eye out when boating; they don’t move so fast.
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From a photo of a tick biting flesh to a closeup of a kidney stone, the 18 winners of the 2014 Wellcome Image Awards highlight objects we don't usually see
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Goats are not just cute and somewhat comical, but also surprisingly intelligent, new research finds
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May Berenbaum, of the University of Illinois, explains where the science goes wrong in these seven films—all featuring arthropod antagonists
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Biologists are in a race to locate and identify new species as habitats become victim to an industrialized world
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To survive the dry season, yellow-bellied sea snakes severely dehydrate until the wet season brings freshwater for them to lap up from the ocean's surface
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It wasn't just people, animals and trees that were affected by radiation exposure at Chernobyl, but also the decomposers: insects, microbes, and fungi
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Conservationists are looking to Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for help in keeping an eye on endangered species
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Is an imaginary creature a case of mistaken identity?
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Special satellite tags that track baby sea turtles show that some ride the North Atlantic Gyre while others float in the Sargasso Sea
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African landscapes may become very different places if rhinos aren't there to diversify plant life and create prime grazing spots for other animals
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Ancient blooms of toxic algae appear to have killed dozens of whales at once
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At the end of March, 80 percent of the world’s cranes will converge upon one 80-mile stretch of land
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Ecologists are racing across the ice to find out how climate change will affect the Arctic natives
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