How does a stripy tree snail hide from hungry birds? The Hypselostyla camelopardalis from the Philippines and Reinia ...

Florida endangered snail kite finds home in Tradition area of Port St Lucie, in preserve behind Audubon Society president.

The origin of turtles has puzzled scientists. A new study provides more evidence that these shelled reptiles share a common ...

Discover the origin and purpose of the structures of living things, from why baboons have swollen bottoms to the ...

YouTube A BBC Earth video is giving viewers a rare glimpse of a unique spider in southern Madagascar. In footage that has ...

In marine environments, sponges tend to eat other organisms to get their nutrients. But a study published in Functional ...

When you think about the level of detail and labor that goes into a feature-length stop-motion film, it boggles the mind. It's that elbow grease and abundant creativity that make stop-motion animation ...

Scientists uncovered how jellyfish heal wounds within minutes without leaving scars - a repair mechanism that could inspire new treatments.

From chemical building blocks, scientists have created synthetic cells that have most of the hallmarks of life.

Across the animal kingdom, many species are covered in simple, solid colors, while others display patterns that seem random and chaotic. But some animals seem to follow the rules of mathematics, ...