Trifluoroacetic acid (TFA), a potentially toxic “forever chemical”, has more than tripled in the global environment in two ...

In the animal kingdom survival depends on sex and reproduction while gender plays little to no role at all.

A female Asian elephant calf was born Feb. 2 to mother Nhi Linh and father Spike at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and ...

Scientists have recently discovered a newly-recognized threat within the deep sea: marine darkwave. Learn all about this ...

In many species, sex isn’t fixed for life, and some animals can switch from male to female as part of a reproductive strategy. This process, called sequential hermaphroditism, allows individuals to ...

To ensure the long-term survival of mountain lions, the California Fish and Game Commission is slated to vote to list the ...

In 1935, native beetles were wreaking havoc on Australia’s sugar cane crops in Queensland. The beetle larvae lived in the ...

As temperatures dropped across South Florida this week, invasive green iguanas were left cold-stunned, immobilized and ...

A bowl of seed mix is enough because hamsters are low-maintenance animals. But this impression is misleading. Hamsters are ...

Early Portrait Photography in New Bedford" at the New Bedford Whaling Museum and "The Scenic Daguerreotype in America: 1840-1860” at the Wadsworth in Hartford offer excellent looks at photography of ...

Experts said the USDA needs well more than 100 million sterile flies per week to eradicate the pest in Mexico.

The magic gene has the effect of reducing the amount of UV light reflected from the petals, making flowers harder for bees to see. But (and this is where the magic comes in) reducing UV reflection ...