"We show that defensive bites by sharks on humans - a reaction to initial human aggression - are a reality and that the ...

According to one app for nature observers, it's the most commonly seen creature in California: the western fence lizard. Why?

Imagine wandering through a dark, silent forest at midnight, when suddenly, the ground beneath your feet begins to shimmer ...

The private company Colossal Biosciences claims to have resurrected dire wolves through genetic editing. The resulting trio, ...

Here are eight beaches around the world with bioluminescence that you can surely explore on your next vacation trip.

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Most spiders have blue-coloured blood, too. While they might look like average land animals, they share this trait with their ocean relatives. Hemocyanin helps them move oxygen around their bodies.

"Milky seas” are one of the rarest reported forms of bioluminescence. A new scientific database may finally reveal the secrets of this ghostly phenomenon. Satellite imagery of visible light for ...

Some of the most intense battles against the environment are waged by the smallest of creatures. When it’s cold, we, as warm-blooded (endothermic), animals simply put on a coat. Other endotherms, can ...

The snake, believed to be a red-tailed boa constrictor, is an exotic animal not native to Australia, and despite not being venomous, they pose a significant risk to the native wildlife.

Bioluminescent infrastructure is revolutionizing urban lighting by harnessing nature’s own light-producing mechanisms. By integrating biological luminescence into roads, bridges, and pathways, cities ...

She said: "This is exciting to us because it confirms that the genes and gene families that we identified using our comparative genomics approach really do cause an animal to have a woolly coat ...