As companies search underwater for resources, scientists are taking inventory of the ocean-dwelling creatures that could be ...

The animal kingdom is rich with fascinating creatures, and several of them begin with the letter “V.” Although it is not the ...

One ocean-dwelling creature found in many tropic waters is known to be able to reserve its own life cycle, cheating death.

Soil fauna includes a myriad of organisms, ranging from tiny microfauna invertebrates (with body sizes <100 μm) to meso (>100 μm to 2 mm) and macrofauna (>2 mm). Among soil mesofauna, some of the ...

The worm is a nemertean, a group of soft-bodied marine predators found from tide pools to the deep sea. Its species is ...

A creature of soft body, eight arms with one brilliant brain, short lived creature, yet it thinks in a certain way that ...

Burrowing bees generally prefer to make their nests in the open, but some 20,000 years ago their ancestors lived in a cave ...

This jellyfish is very small in size. Its height and width are about 4.5 millimeters, which is less than the size of a little ...

For over 20 years, the 3-foot-long ribbon worm Baseodiscus the Eldest (B for short) was more a “long-time acquaintance” than ...

Since the start of this millennium, Ireland has lost around half a million waterbirds — almost 40% of the total population ...

Two-thirds of the watershed’s 145,000 stream miles now rate fair to excellent, helping ensure cleaner drinking water for millions in the D.C. area.

Spiritual guides explain why ladybugs are seen as symbols of luck, protection and love — and what repeated sightings could ...