A recent report has rung alarm bells about species thriving where they don’t belong. Fish contribute to flooding; corals ...

He enters a dark sewer tunnel expecting to find nothing. But as the light hits the water, something changes. Eyes begin to ...

Anybody who has seen "Finding Nemo" knows about those captivating monsters of the sea: anglerfishes. Variously horrific or alien-looking, many female anglerfishes sport long, protruding lures used for ...

Searching for alien languages sheds light on how much human languages have in common—with each other and even with animal communication.

Some animals are so unusual that they barely look real, and transparent creatures are among the strangest of them all. These species have evolved appearances that seem more like science fiction than ...

Peer into the water at the tide pools along the Sonoma Coast, and you’ll see what appears to be an alien invasion of bright ...

In battle for India’s West Bengal election, PM Modi’s men campaigned with fish in hand to try to connect with voters.

The ocean covers more than 70% of our planet’s surface, yet we’ve explored less than 5% of it. Below the sunlit waves lies an alien world of crushing pressure, eternal darkness, and bone-chilling cold ...

Several recent books with unreliable narrators give children the rare pleasure of feeling smarter than the story.

The Memphis Zoo is home to 3,500-plus animals. Here are some of our favorites that don't always get the spotlight.

Zackary A. Graham’s “Crayfish, Crawfish, Crawdad" is an overview of those humble but mighty crustaceans that, though ...

The San Luis Valley is already one of the strangest places in Colorado, a vast, flat, high-altitude basin ringed by mountains ...