Climate change may be impacting Arctic marine mammals. There's been an emergence of the disease Sarcocystis pinnipedi due to changing temperatures.
Some animals, like humans, can sense and respond to a musical beat, a finding that has implications for understanding how the skill evolved, scientists said on Saturday.
A recent study shows that fertilizer could be a bad thing for the world's grasslands.
Most people entering crocodile territory keep a wary eye out on water and land, but research suggests they need to look up.
Back in April of 2010, the BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded after a gas leak occurred on board. The fire burned for 36 hours in the Gulf of Mexico and hydrocarbons were released into the waters before the well was sealed. This has had a negative effect on some marine life.
Scientists once believed that the male hummingbird’s mating strategy was set in stone. By possessing a set of physical approaches and learning their “song” when they were young, the males were prepared to attract a female. But a recent study shows that the males can adapt.
the invasive crazy ants displace the fire ants by secreting a compound that neutralizes the venom injected by the fire ants intensely painful stings. This is one the early first known case of an insect with a super ability to detoxify the venom injected by another insect.
Paleontologists in China have uncovered the earliest evidence of live birth from an ancient Mesozoic marine reptile, well preserved in a 248-million-year old fossil.
A rare beetle species that was collected over two centuries ago by Charles Darwin has been successfully identified on Darwin’s birthday.
A melanosome is an organelle found in animal cells that stores and transports melanin, which is a light absorbing pigment that is responsible for color and photoprotection of animal tissues. The diversity of melanosomes 150 million years ago has provided scientists with interesting information.