Back in Santa Barbara, when I see the red-tailed hawk lying dead on the road coming back from Rancho Las Cruces, I ...

A Texas A&M scientist is using gene editing and other bioengineering to attack mosquito-borne diseases such as malaria, ...

Few pests annoy me more than voles. They suck down seedlings overnight, leaving no evidence that a plant had stood there ...

You are bound to cross paths with one type of centipede or another at any given time, since they inhabit most areas of the ...

A London-based start-up employs bioprospectors to scour the world for DNA to feed AI models building a digital tree of life ...

The bird flu virus remains a wild card that continues to threaten U.S. poultry and egg supplies while upping the ante with risk to human health.

Many creatures have imprinted on our hearts — and even a city sidewalk — for making their homes near ours. Here’s a look back at some of Chicago’s well-loved animals.