The earliest use of bright colors in animals served as a warning system, a strategy seen in venomous snakes and poison dart frogs.

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Today's ecologists have more data than ever before to help monitor and understand the world's biodiversity. Yet researchers ...

The detection of H5N1 avian influenza (bird flu) in a pig on an Oregon farm has again raised concerns specifically among ...

Survival of the fittest’ is Darwin 101. But did you know that Charles Darwin didn’t actually coin that phrase? Let’s explore ...

Colors evolved for survival, with animals using them for warnings and mating, and plants attracting pollinators.

Researchers confirm the terror bird fossil 20 years after its South American discovery, comparing the creature to a massive, ...

Pokemon has plenty of legends and lore rife with danger, some that still leave chills running down fans' spines to this day.

The fossil of a massive predator called a terror bird that roamed South America 12 million years ago is from the largest ...

Bioacoustics, the study of production, transmission and reception of sound in animals, has important implications for ecological conservation.

Experts tell us that if humans became crab-like, it would be a slightly horrifying experience. Crabs molt their entire outer exoskeleton, from their eyes to their gut.

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