Many animals have highly effective hunting strategies that have allowed them to thrive for millions of years. These predators ...

In kelp forests elsewhere in the world, the removal of a single predator has led to ecosystem collapse. The Great African ...

The arctic fox completely swaps its dark summer coat for a snow-white one when winter is coming. The kidney garden spider looks just like the Pringles man. And the world’s cutest sheep can be found in ...

Artificial intelligence has given this 83-year-old research scientist a new lease on life. I had been wanting to complete a ...

Learn about the endangered and threatened species in Massachusetts, including plants, animals, and marine life, and the efforts to protect them.

This snail became the first animal living on deep-sea hydrothermal vents to be added to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species—it also turns poisonous sulfur into armor ...

On the face of it, Agaronia propatula is an unobtrusive sea snail. It’s smooth, brown and lozenge-shaped, and not even that big, maxing out at 6cm in length. Most are, however, a lot smaller. If you ...

Louisiana is home to a wide array of wildlife, some of which are harmless, while others are not. Here are the 10 deadliest ...

"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet," said Juliet Capulet in William Shakespeare's famous play. And the same is presumably true for mollusks, albeit with different odors. When you think ...

The Everglades seldom benefit from invasive species. Burmese pythons have unraveled food webs for decades. Asian swamp eels threaten wading birds. Green iguanas damage landscapes and infrastructure.

Giant african snails are spreading into new areas, and their invasion is raising serious public health concerns. These snails can carry parasites that cause disease, turning a slow-moving pest into a ...