Sometimes referred to as the ‘river of grass’, the Everglades National Park is a subtropical wetland spanning 1.5 million ...

Researchers studied the frequency and impacts of bomb fishing, an illegal fishing practice, in the Spermonde Archipelago ...

From fishing in icy streams to cooling off in forest ponds, bears rely on water for food, travel and play – as this set of ...

Spider's silk has a tensile strength of about 1,200 megapascals. This is remarkable for a natural product and compares very ...

Can you feed bread to ducks? There’s little evidence that it does them much harm in itself, though one study from the 1980s ...

Red-winged blackbirds differentiate between venomous and non-venomous snakes when defending their nests, even if they've ...

The Wolffsohn’s viscacha (Lagidium wolffsohni) is a relatively large rodent, measuring approximately 470mm from head to rear, with the tail extending up to 305mm. Looking like a cross between a ...

Hungry polar bears in northern Alaska are increasingly plundering seabird colonies for eggs. A new study, co-led by the ...

There's nothing like the sweet sound of birdsong and it's easy to think that the sound of all bird calls is a beautiful music ...

What makes lions, tigers, leopards and jaguars different from other cats? Why can they roar while other cats can only purr?

What’s so special about cold, grey, stinky mud anyhow? Well, if you’re a wintering wading bird, they are essential. A vast, ...