One particular common cuckoo will soon complete a mammoth migration through both Africa and Asia—a migration that is anything but common. Onon...

An amazing abundance of life can be found in the strangest places—such as the backs of turtles. It was previously known that an array of life was...

Recently, a new study published in the journal ZooKeys has claimed to have found the most dangerous location to live in Earth’s history.¹...

The fossil record clearly shows insects have always been insects. In a recent study, researchers led by biologist Richard J. Knecht, a Ph.D. candidate...

It has traditionally been thought in biology that invertebrates were somehow simple and less complex than vertebrates. But in past decades, this has...

Most readers would rather avoid the topic of mucous. It’s hardly a dinner-table subject! Regardless, our lives depend on this watery, mucilaginous...