Explore 25 strange names for groups of animals like a 'murder' of crows or an 'embarrassment' of pandas. Uncover bizarre ...

There are many observations of animals behaving oddly during eclipses, but the reason may have nothing to do with the sun and ...

A pregnant naked mole rat can shut down reproduction across her entire colony using a single chemical compound, and ...

There are few stories in nature as heartbreaking as that of the passenger pigeon. It is not because the bird was rare or ...

An international research team led by scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen and the ...

You may be spotting bodies of dead bumblebees lying across pavements near you in the summer months. There are several reasons ...

Multiple environmental pressures are harming bees whose pollination supports crops and flowering plants worldwide.

By Lewis Stagnetto   Patella ferruginea, the Mediterranean ridged limpet, is the rarest big shellfish on the rocky coasts of ...

You may be spotting dead bumblebees lying on pavements near you during the summer months. There are several reasons for this, some related to the weather and some very much due to humans.

Knowable Magazine reports that loneliness affects both humans and animals, as researchers find that social interaction is a fundamental need for well-being.

Scientists are trying to recreate the biology that lets animals survive months without food or water, in hopes of making deep-space travel possible ...