McGowan notes he has seen mantises stalking hummingbird feeders before, but has never witnessed an attack. Anecdotal accounts ...

What are some animals that give birth to huge numbers of offspring at once?” (Watch a female sea urchin produce millions of eggs.) The mola, or ocean sunfish, looks like an animal cracker someone bit ...

The new pesticide, based on the venom of a particular spider, kills common agricultural pests but leaves honeybees unharmed. (See “Honeybees in East Africa Resist Deadly Pathogens.”) The bee-friendly ...

The winners of the 51st annual Nikon Small World photo contest offer a glimpse at some of the tiniest—and most beautiful—parts of the natural world.

Highlighting the best wildlife photography across land and sea, these the winners photos from this year's Wildlife ...

Evarcha culicivora is an indirect vampire, a spider that drinks mammalian blood by preying on female mosquitoes that have previously fed off humans.

Prioritizing which animals and plants to help is driven mostly by whether we like them or not. Some experts say that may not ...

Beyond Machu Picchu, these destinations reveal a side of the country that most visitors miss—from volcanic cities and canyon ...

“Protecting the remaining pine rocklands from development, applying controlled burns to safely mimic the effects of wildfire in these fire-dependent forests and keeping invasive species in check are ...

The winners of the Nikon Film and Photo Contest 2024-2025 have been announced, marking the 40th edition of the competition.

The Woodland Camera Forum group of photographers will present a free and open to the public program, "Critter Life" by ...

Bats belong to the order Chiroptera-not Rodentia. They're actually more closely related to primates than they are to rodents. They also don't share behavior with rodents. For example, bats don't chew ...