There is mounting evidence that even surprisingly simple animals, like invertebrates, have a level of consciousness - but not in the way you might think ...

From monster water bugs to giant wasps and flying cockroaches, these are the biggest and boldest bugs you'll find in the Lone Star State.

More than 96% of deforestation, or human-caused, permanent removal of forest cover, occurs in the tropics.

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The study unexpectedly found that dragons with higher running speeds faced greater mortality, likely from increased predation and mating activity, while males had higher survival rates than females.

Researchers sequenced the knotty sea spider’s genome for the first time, revealing a missing gene that many other animals ...

The octopus is one of the most intelligent and mysterious creatures in the animal kingdom capable of problem-solving, camouflage, and even escaping enclosures. Dive into the fascinating world of this ...

In Whitefish Bay, a plan to replace biologically rich Cahill Park cattail marsh with grass has been questioned by local conservation organizations.

The latest addition is the Marine Organismal Body Size (MOBS) database, an open-access resource that—as its name implies—has collected body size data for more than 85,000 marine animal species and ...

Hendricks took this photo of a large Black Bear (Ursus americanus) having a partial bath in a washtub that Jan and her ...

Among the wildlife experts that helped form the list includes a group of researchers in the Department of Natural Resources ...

Despite their ominous name and oversized jaws, these animals only measure about one to three millimeters in length.