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Their intuitive sense of the magnetic field surrounding them allow sockeye salmon to circumnavigate obstacles to find their birth stream
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A juried competition honors photographs, illustrations, videos, posters, games and apps that marry art and science in an evocative way
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Just as humans scrub off to remove dead skin cells, sweat and dirt from the day, insects also busy themselves to keep clean
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Italian artist Lorenzo Possenti created 16 enormous sculptures of giant insects, all scientifically accurate, now on display at an Oklahoma museum
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New research shows how owls can swivel their heads around without cutting off blood supply to their brains
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A visit to one of Indonesia’s most popular tourist destinations could be your last
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By using genetic modification and a florescent-sensitive probe, Japanese scientists captured a zebrafish's thought in real-time
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The utterly strange-looking creature sees the world with one of the most sensitive touch organs in the animal kingdom
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A new study shows that cats--especially feral ones--kill far more birds and small mammals than scientists previously thought
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An 8-year old boy; a group of stranded divers; a celebrity's husband: Just a few of the recent victims of Komodo dragon attacks
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A new study shows the tiny feces ball-rolling insects orient themselves by the stars
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A British artist, with experience in ornithology, explains how she created anatomical drawings of 200 different species of birds for a new book
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Upending 150 years of theory, scientists observed that some barnacles can capture sperm from the water for reproduction
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Most of us assume that crustaceans can't feel pain—but new research suggests otherwise
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Chimps are far stronger than we are - but why?
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Nearly 7 million North American birds - including 13 threatened species - lose their lives through tower collisions each year
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There are all sorts of animals that we actually have never seen get it on. Squid used to be one of them
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In acidic water, drilling sponges damage scallops twice as quickly, worsening the effects of ocean acidification
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One goby species in Hawaii uses its suction-cup mouth for both feeding and scaling walls, presenting an evolutionary chicken-or-egg conundrum
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Chimpanzees will sooner kill than share food, but bonobos will sacrifice some of their own goods for the pleasure of interacting with strangers
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