Globally, insect species are declining. This is caused by an array of threats such as pollution, pesticides, climate change ...

Ecosystems can temporarily bounce back when common ant species disappear. Other species may step in to perform similar roles.

Four foreign nationals were last week sentenced for trying to smuggle thousands of live ants out of Kenya, with authorities ...

Animals that rely exclusively on parthenogenesis to reproduce, like the flowerpot snake, are called obligate parthenogens, ...

The country’s leading veterinary expert is warning people here to be cautious if they spot an ocelot, a wildcat resembling a ...

It is a short window, as the exuberant songs cease and the exotic colours fade by early July. Birders, the folks who watch, ...

Strange and exotic animals have always captured the imagination of people worldwide. But when a photo of an unusual, fluffy ...

Have you ever found yourself in a museum's gallery of human origins, staring at a glass case full of rocks labeled "stone ...

Examining some of the recent federal environmental cuts in metro Detroit, which serves as a microcosm for the Great Lakes ...

Found worldwide, they often end up in new places by being accidentally transported in flower pots as part of the exotic ... For example, understanding how quickly a species’ DNA changes over ...

Insecticide used to control mosquito populations is a blunt instrument that could harm vulnerable snake and butterfly species ...