Rattlesnakes are fearsome predators, but there’s one animal they avoid at all costs—the skunk! From powerful defense ...

Study Finds That Birds-of-Paradise Are Biofluorescent Research suggests that "hidden" phenomenon provides enhanced signaling for hierarchy and courtship.

Loggerhead turtles can identify specific magnetic signatures, according to a new study, hinting at how the aquatic reptiles manage to return to the same foraging and nesting sites over and over again ...

The Academy is pleased to announce the awardees of its 2025 Margaret Middleton Fund for endangered Australian native vertebrate animals, which supports early-career ecology researchers focused on ...

Climate and Temperature When it comes to rattlesnakes, climate is king. These cold-blooded creatures rely heavily on the ...

Solitary lifestyles such as this are remarkably widespread across the animal kingdom. Even among mammals – a generally ...

Bearded dragons have a spine, but unlike humans, they don’t have any vertebral discs. These all-important discs provide ...

Wisconsin winters are warming—a sign of climate change that we are seeing and feeling. Next week, WUWM will air a series of ...

The owl is nocturnal with keen senses of sight and sound. It sees through the shadows of the night and hears the sounds in the silence; the illusion of the darkness.” – Anonymous Winter evenings and ...

Dinosaurs long dominated Earth’s land ecosystems with a multitude of forms including plant-eating giants like Argentinosaurus ...

Shutterstock The Mysterious Giants of the Kansas Plains Monument Rocks is one of the most interesting natural formations in ...

Challenges with tracking and data collection meant little was known previously about the lives of adolescent turtles ...