A new study reveals the surprisingly convergent evolution in the inner ear of mammals. An international research team led by ...

Building these strong yet ephemeral traps is a process that follows patterns shared among spider species. But is there room for individual variation that makes one species' web — or one individual ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—A Mississippi State University researcher is studying a distinct population of coyotes along the Gulf Coast ...

Off the coast of South Africa, a “pygmy” sea creature latched onto the coral reef with its tail. Its “cryptic nature” and ...

A type of zooplankton, Daphnia pulex (a.k.a. the water flea) is a microscopic crustacean whose unique reproduction habits ...

Well-preserved fossils reveal that even the most colossal of pterosaurs were capable of flight, and various species had ...

Find out the different ways scientists have of describing what species are, how they form and how many there are on Earth.

Even for serious bird-watchers, Black-capped Chickadees and Carolina Chickadees are tough to tell apart. Both are members of ...

An article recently published in Nature Geoscience journal explored the impact of elevated ground-level ozone (O3) on ...