Unlike most bugs, snow flies thrive in the cold—thanks to a baffling mix of genetic kinks that scientists never expected to find.
The origins of whale midwifery might date back millions of years, the researchers say.
We're now back to square one on understanding how ancient insects were able to grow so monstrously large.
Marlene Zuk's new book asks people to not villainize or valorize the urban critters that live all around us.
The researchers aren't sure yet why exactly, but the whales do seem to be having a good time.
The practice of cloning clones indefinitely appears to be a reproductive dead end, for now.
A tour guide uncovered the morbid new species by mistake in the Ecuadorian Amazon.
In an impressive 37-year-long investigation confirmed that the top—practically only—cause of death for young blue crabs was older crabs from their own species.
Fungi may be the real-life superheroes of the natural world.
The fisher was driven out of many U.S. states by the 20th century due to overhunting and habitat loss.