For the first time in 24 years, the Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation counted more than 1,000 of the beloved aquatic ...

Black-bulb yam’s mimicry tricks birds into spreading its berrylike clones. The plant's novel strategy helps it spread without ...

Evolutionarily speaking, the ultimate goal of a lifeform is to reproduce and stave off extinction. Many plants and animals ...

A team of scientists based in Brazil recently reported that they discovered a new species of Tinamou in the mountains of the ...

First study of wild animals shows mercury and certain PFAS compounds alter how birds convert food into cellular energy, ...

Most people think of moths as small insects fluttering across porch lights, but some species greatly challenge that image.

In the spring of 2023, we returned to Península Valdés, a rugged coastal region in Argentine Patagonia, expecting to witness the familiar sights and ...

The Asian swamp eel is an air-breathing, mud-loving predator spreading throughout the United States. These slithering threats ...

In truth, it is not a paradox. The animals involved all seem perfectly eager participants in heterosexual behaviour, as well, so their reproduction is not compromised. It is, though, a puzzle—for ...

Lead shot has been banned for hunting waterfowl like ducks and geese in B.C. since 1995 and in Canada since 1997, something ...

Stealth has emerged as one of the most effective survival strategies in the natural world. By reducing detection rather than ...

Humans like plants. We like seeing them change the colour of their leaves throughout the year. They connect us to nature even if we live in a big ...