After cold winters, invertebrates such as honeybees and paper wasps seem to disappear and then suddenly return in large ...

The Blaschka Glass Invertebrates Collection was recently moved from Corson-Mudd Hall to the Museum of the Earth. The ...

A new Murdoch University study has found that cold-blooded animals (ectotherms) are unable to adjust physiologically to daily temperature fluctuations, a limitation that could leave them increasingly ...

The Georgia Museum of Natural History (GMNH) is temporarily closed for renovations as it prepares for a major expansion.

Almost all marine mammals are carnivores: Think orcas, whales, dolphins, and even walruses and otters. Even baleen whales eat ...

Tribune News NetworkDohaFirst-year pre-medical students at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) in February explored Qatar’s rich biodiversity during a field trip to the mangrove forest at Jazirat Bin ...

By snatching chloroplasts from algae, animals called sacoglossans produce their own energy through photosynthesis ...

Glittery sea worms and sea squirts fit for "The Lord of the Rings" universe might sound like pure fantasy, but they're very real creatures living in the deep sea. Some of these otherworldly ocean ...

A newly identified sponge order, Vilesida, produces sterols linked to the oldest-known animal biomarkers, supporting the idea ...

From bone-eating snot-flowers to snowboarding scale worms, when a whale dies it becomes a colossal island of nutrients – attracting weird and wonderful creatures to feast.

An ancient species has had experts scratching their heads about its unusual jaw shape. The salamander-like creature had a highly unusual way of chewing its food. But this discovery was significant in ...

Museums display only a fraction of their collection so we went behind the scenes at the Melbourne Museum to find the untold ...