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 ...

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) ...

Only 21 species worldwide are known to do this, almost all in northern climates, according to an article in the journal ...

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 ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Given the changes in our climate and the ...

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 ...

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.

Minnesota has reported the U.S.'s first ruminant—a group of animals including cattle, sheep, and goats—to test positive for avian influenza. Results are in from a study led by Dr. Juzhi Hou, Dr. Fahu ...

Animals with adaptations related to high speed are among those explored in Extreme Animals Alive. If you picked up a random comic book from a publisher like DC or Marvel and opened a page, chances are ...

Mammals are accomplished opportunists. When wild mammals encounter humans, they are very good at taking what they can get, even if it means accepting novel foods, living in cities, or acting like ...