With 11,000 species of insects known in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, how do you write a guide to them? Jim and Leslie ...

Not every animal gets the spotlight, but that doesn’t make them any less important. These underrated creatures are crucial ...

But other animals also migrate. Among the mammals, several kinds of bats, our only winged mammal, will seek insects farther ...

Get to know the bat-eared fox, an insect-eating creature found in the grasslands and savannas of Africa (and also the Smithsonian’s National Zoo.) Mike Bock This peculiar-looking canine lives in the ...

Phenology is the study of seasonal changes in plants and animals from year to year, such as when flowers bloom, birds nest or ...

Manatee sightings have been on the rise this summer along North Carolina’s Outer Banks. Jennette’s Pier director Mike Remige says manatees traveling so far north is unusual for the Florida animals, ...

The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) is reminding local residents that leaving fallen leaves on the ground isn’t just an ...

Eusocial insects represent one of nature’s most sophisticated social systems, in which chemical communication forms the backbone of colony cohesion and regulation. Chemical signals, including ...

This article was originally featured on MIT Press. There may be nothing unnatural in nature, but nature still encompasses much that seems fantastically strange—the amazingly multifarious sex lives of ...

These days, anything unusual in nature often grabs attention, especially on social media. Bright yellow animals are one such ...