Long believed to be a single, globally distributed species drifting freely across the open ocean, the bluebottle—also known ...

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The Asian needle ant is an "unusual pest," according to N.C. State. Unlike other pest ants such as the fire ant, the Asian ...

Off the east coast of China, researchers discovered an unusual spiky creature feeding on a jellyfish-like species called a hydroid. In recent years, similar specimens were recorded in that region of ...

In southeastern Brazil, researchers discovered a new species named Rineloricaria buckupi, or Buckup’s whiptail catfish, in ...

Capturing the behavior of animals in their natural habitat with high detail? Researchers from the Konstanz-based Cluster of ...

In a unique collaboration between the University of Groningen and the Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, researchers ...

The blue-eyed ground dove is critically endangered according to the IUCN Red List. It once had a wide distribution in the Cerrado biome (Brazilian savanna), but due to habitat loss driven by farming ...

Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky is home to a wide variety of wildlife, both above and below ground. Most commonly-seen ...

Chester Zoo has helped to give new hope to one of the world's rarest bird species after zoo staff helped hatch and raise three blue-eyed ground dove chicks | ITV News Granada ...

A dead baby hammerhead shark fell from the sky onto a Myrtle Beach disc golf course, shocking players. An osprey, harassed by crows, dropped its unusual catch. The exact species remains unclear.

Galls on oak leaves are harmless growths caused by specific insects. They have different shapes depending on the insect species causing the gall.