The octopus rarely stays the same shape or color for long. In the wild, its ability to disappear against a shimmering coral ...
A whole-lake experiment reveals that a common wastewater pollutant can dramatically alter the behavior of wild male fathead ...
Snails may be small, but a species in Australia may hold weather secrets within the rings of its shell, dating back to ...
Arboreal ants have evolved a genius method for surviving when they fall from a tree. They can glide back to the tree trunk!
Wildfire smoke can reduce bird diversity far from the flames. Discover which ecosystems are most vulnerable and how birds may recover.
Once again, fossils preserved in museum collections are revealing age-old secrets. Over sixty years ago, a British expedition into Tanzania netted a large assortment of synapsid fossils. These ...
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Leeches get a bad reputation. Most leeches are predators of small invertebrates. But several families of leeches that suck blood from vertebrates have inspired horror fantasies, such as the 1959 film ...