An elusive nocturnal beast of a rodent that lives high in the mountains has been filmed and photographed for the first time, in a remarkable discovery for animal science and something akin to winning ...

Buried in the DNA of the long extinct woolly mammoth is a compound that scientists hope will one day yield a lifesaving ...

The existence of orange cats dates back to at least the 12th century, but scientists have only had theories that a sex-linked ...

This week’s unsettled weather can be both good and bad for fishing. Often, right before a front moves through, aquatic insects and fish sense the change in barometric pressure and ...

They’re called Colossal woolly mice. And yes, they are cute to boot. Transgenic mice — those that have had their genomes altered through genetic engineering — are not new. But what’s novel ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The city of Rockport conducted a pesticide spraying early Monday morning to help prevent an infestation of wooly worms. The spraying, which lasted about seven hours ...

Colossal made a splash in 2021 when it unveiled an ambitious plan to revive the woolly mammoth and later the dodo bird. Since then, the company has focused on identifying key traits of extinct ...

If you find an all-brown woolly worm, that would indicate a drier, more mild winter with minor snowfall is ahead. And then there's the variations of everything in-between. Generally, more orange ...

In folklore, the woolly bear caterpillar, or woolly worm, is known as a predictor of harsh or mild winters. The folklore, dating back to before the Revolutionary War, says when a woolly worm has ...

But one piece of folklore stands out from all the rest, and that’s the folklore around the wooly bear caterpillar. Here’s how it supposedly works. If you find one of these in your garden ...

When touched, the woolly bear caterpillar curls into a furry little ball. Legend has it the wider the band of rusty orange between the caterpillar’s black tips, the milder coming winter will be.

Kids can pick them up and examine them.” When touched, the woolly bear caterpillar curls into a furry little ball. Legend has it the wider the band of rusty orange between the caterpillar’s black tips ...