Invasive snakes pose a significant threat to US ecosystems, disrupting wildlife balance and altering food webs. Species like ...

A subtle but critical challenge of climate change is that species whose behaviour or physiology is tied to fixed ...

Among mammals, females generally live longer. The recent comparative study examined 528 mammal species in zoos and found that ...

Female European common frogs employ a remarkable survival tactic. They feign death to escape overwhelming male attention ...

A new species of poisonous frog has been discovered in the Peruvian Amazon. The tiny amphibian of bright color, called ...

Being able to identify genetic groups within species is key to both informing conservation and understanding hidden ...

Snakes, like most reptiles in the world, are oviparous. This means that rather than producing live young ones, the way mammals do, snakes produce an immature single cell — an egg. Most snakes follow ...

Gardeners often find Brahminy blind snakes, tiny creatures mistaken for worms. These snakes are harmless and beneficial. They ...

There was a time people did not know what caused birds to disappear over the winter. Some people thought they changed into ...