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 ...

The latest film adaptation of Orwell's novella, with a tweaked plot and some new characters, has had a mixed critical reception.

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 ...

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) ...

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 ...

“Orwell’s ‘Animal Farm’ has never felt more relevant,” director and producer Andy Serkis said in a statement. “In an age where power, propaganda, and inequality shape our societies, it’s vital that we ...

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 ...

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.