This week's Newsweek Pet of the Week winner is 30-year-old Moluccan cockatoo Max who lives in Calgary, Alberta. Max is well known for something rather unusual for a bird—his extensive on-trend ...

Beetles alone account for almost one-third of the number, about 1.5 million species. By comparison, there are “only” an ...

Morphology is the study of the form and structure of organisms, including their physical characteristics such as shape, size ...

Evolution is nature's engine, driving and shaping genetic change and the diversity around us. Charles Darwin famously ...

Tigers and monkeys and tapirs, oh my! Joel Sartore's latest book, "National Geographic Photo Ark: Babies," captures the ...

With a grant award from the American Mosquito Control Association Research Fund, Utah State University ecologist Norah ...

Habitat degradation and erratic rainfall conditions are impacting the movement of birds through northern Australia's ...

One of the best ways to control mosquito populations around homes is to follow the “tip and toss” method. Here’s what to do.

Animal Care Services deals with hundreds of "exotic" or neglected animals each year. Many of them end up with rescue organizations.

The estimate of 5.5 million species of insects is interesting. What’s even more remarkable is that because scientists have ...

Transgenic animals continue to play an essential role in many aspects of zebrafish research, including the development of disease models. The most widely used system for zebrafish transgenesis is the ...

The South Carolina Department of Public Health is asking residents to safely submit certain species of dead birds for lab ...