This list of the best Texas birdwatching spots offers parks that are beautiful and accessible to many visitors.

For centuries, coconuts have played a vital role in the development and sustenance of Fijian society. The coconut tree is so ...

We pass by extraordinary wonders every single day without realizing it. This is a fact well known to Richard Hasegawa, a ...

Mammals come in a variety of proportions, and some species evolved legs so short they almost look goofy. Many of these short ...

For many people in the United States, the cuy, also known as guinea pig, is often associated with a small domestic pet. But ...

We tell the tragic story of Steller's sea cow - a marine animal that went extinct just 27 years after it was first discovered.

Tall, graceful, and among the rarest birds on earth. Here are eight things you probably didn't know about this awe-inspiring ...

It may sound too bizarre to be true, but the Amazon molly (Poecilia formosa), a fish that inhabits rivers, lakes, and swamps ...

Due to its vast size — stretching from Canada and Greenland in the north, to Mexico in the south — North America contains a vast range of habitats. From land to sea, there are forests, mountains, ...

In theory, there’s no reason why there can’t be a new spin on George Orwell’s “Animal Farm” that might intrigue modern audiences who don’t know or care about the Russian Revolution and the early ...

“The Lifespan of the Fact,” getting its second big Connecticut production through May 3 at Playhouse on Park in West Hartford, livens up an intriguing debate with comedy, violence, bizarre plot twists ...

A remarkable fossil discovery in southwest China is rewriting the story of how complex animal life began, showing that many key animal groups appeared millions of years earlier than scientists once ...