Tiger stripes may finally have met their match after scientists used an online game to uncover why some animals blend into ...

Nature never ceases to amaze with its clever adaptations, and eye colour changes in animals stand out as one of the coolest tricks up its sleeve. While human eye colour stays pretty much the same, ...

A rare deep-sea sevengill shark with unusual patchy coloration was found to be in poor energetic condition, suggesting that ...

In kelp forests elsewhere in the world, the removal of a single predator has led to ecosystem collapse. The Great African ...

Despite being in the scientific spotlight for centuries, the fire salamander’s biofluorescence was overlooked until now.

This fish looks like an ugly, warty rock and spends much of its time sitting completely motionless. But touching its venomous spines by accident can be lethal ...

A golf-ball-sized blue octopus collected nearly a mile beneath the Pacific Ocean in 2015 has been formally described as a new species — and in doing so, it has forced scientists to rewrite the ...

Researchers painted over crab spiders' eyes and found a 32-point drop in prey capture, proving their vision matters despite ...

Spotting wildlife along our beaches always feels extra special, and I’ve had some great moments. As you know, I love to share stories, so here’s one. I ...

Darren Rice. For over two decades, a strange little marine creature puzzled biologist David Harasti. While diving off Papua ...

Some animals don’t just get by. They plan and solve, trick and remember, even invent. Some species are so bizarre and calculated in their behavior that they seem almost human, crossing forests, oceans ...

As the weather starts warming up, the Bronx Zoo has welcomed four new arrivals over the past few months: an infant collared lemur, a pygmy slow loris, a gelada, and a nyala calf. Some are still ...