Insects such as the ubiquitous butterfly belong to the huge phylum Arthropoda (creatures having paired, jointed appendages and a chitinous exoskeleton)....

In order to have evolution, you must first have life. Both sides of the evolution-creation debate agree that the chance of all the correct biomolecules...

Dogs don’t read the words on a page. Neither did Coco, the famous gorilla that learned to communicate using simple hand signs. So what affords humans...

Recently, albatrosses were used for a surprising and unintended purpose: catching criminals.^1,2 On behalf of BBC News, Samantha Patrick reported...

The latter days of July are very busy for many pollinators.¹ These include birds, bees, butterflies, moths, beetles, flies, bats, and more.^1-3 Pollination...

In the deep, dark, cold waters of the Pacific Ocean—about 1,500 feet below the surface— hundreds of Humboldt squid the size of small humans...

In 2021, a fossil of an evidently beautiful bird the size of a bluejay was unearthed from sedimentary deposits in northeastern China. The bird—named...

Droughts across north Texas dried the Paluxy River bed, famous for its dinosaur footprints. Ordinarily, the dinosaur tracks lie buried beneath water-covered...

One of the many mysteries of biology is how a creature like a web-weaving spider with a tiny brain is able to systematically construct an elaborate web...