Only 21 species worldwide are known to do this, almost all in northern climates, according to an article in the journal ...

While most of us have the luxury of staying inside most of the winter, animals must find other ways to survive winter. Animals have had millions of years to develop ways to increase their chances of ...

Neurobiologist Kenneth Catania’s passion for scrutinizing odd animal adaptations all started with a creature with a 22-point star on its face. Catania first saw a star-nosed mole (Condylura cristata) ...

What do crayfish and the metal mercury tell us about clean water? What do animal adaptations tell us about their environment. Meet a scientist who studies crayfish and hopes they will show him how ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Given the changes in our climate and the ...

Some animals don't need a new wardrobe to change with the seasons, and scientists have now learned more about how they do it. Reporting in Nature Communications, the researchers found that the brain ...

In the blink of an eye, a fire can fell a forest. With the push of a button, a city can be razed to the ground. There’s little limit, it seems, to the speed at which an environment can change.

Evolution works in mysterious ways. Natural selection has given us all sorts of amazing animals with incredible talents, from fast-swimming sharks to functionally immortal jellyfish, but unfortunately ...

Andy Serkis' Animal Farm adaptation will feature an all-star voice cast, including stars from Stranger Things, The Big Bang Theory, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Based on George Orwell's novella ...