The larvae of the black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) are considered a promising source of sustainable protein, as they contain high-quality protein comparable to soy protein. They can produce this ...

Across the United States, exotic animals are being exploited. Some organizations call themselves sanctuaries, but actually ...

Discover why tiny Amazon insects are so vulnerable to heat and what their decline could mean for forests, wildlife, and people.

Have you ever seen a litter of kittens where no two fur babies look alike? A mix of ginger, tabby, and maybe a black one?

Hawaiian gobies have an amphidromous life cycle: eggs hatch in freshwater, larvae drift to the ocean to develop, and juveniles must return upstream to breed and live out their adult lives ...

Around 2.3 billion years ago, the Great Oxygenation Event (GOE) marked a major turning point in Earth’s history. The increase ...

The title is misleading. Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen is not a fluffy animal story. It is, like so much of the composer’s work, about the cycle of life: love, loss, yearning and the ...

Some single-celled organisms are known to transition to multicellularity during their lifetimes, usually either by cloning themselves or when many similar cells come together to form a larger ...

Caves are one of the most mysterious habitats on earth, a habitat that is dark, lacks sunlight, has a constant temperature, and food is limited. However, after millions of years, some animals have ...

In addition to cycling through 12 animals each year, the Chinese zodiac also rotates between the five traditional Chinese ...

Every year, millions of animals enter shelters across the United States, each with their own story of abandonment, loss, or hope. Behind the bars of every kennel lies a creature whose life hangs in ...

Don’t worry if you don’t have a personal geomancer on your phone — we’ve done the cosmic legwork for you, rounding up this year’s Chinese zodiac fortune guide with the help of a seasoned master.