Many small insects are mistaken for bed bugs. This guide helps identify ten common bugs that look similar but are harmless.

An experiment on reptile decomposition aims to shed light on a variety of paleontological mysteries, including why so many ...

Saguaro Park in southeastern Arizona, near Tucson, offers a landscape unlike anything you’ll see elsewhere. The park hosts ...

Africa's Senegal coucal, a ground-dwelling bird, expertly hunts snakes, its primary prey. While snakes rely on venom or ...

Learn how leaf piles, dead stems, and natural shelters support overwintering insects and animals in your backyard.

In a remote corner of Costa Rica, a former cattle pasture has been restored as a lush rainforest, thanks to one family and ...

The proposed changes include the elimination of the "blanket rule" that automatically protects animals and plants when they ...

Wildcats are elusive and hard to count but it is thought that only a few hundred live in Scotland. Those who have encountered ...

There are only three types of snakes native to the UK - an adder, grass snake and a smooth snake - see the areas in England where you will find ...

Coffee–especially ‘fancy’ coffee–is always a pleasure. Still, the excitement rises a notch or two when a casual cafe ...

Hundreds of non-native animal & plant species live in Florida. They prey on native critters & damage native ecosystems.

The comparatively smaller Origami Holiday Tree that’s delighted crowds for decades at the American Museum of Natural History ...