Scientists discovered the 1-foot-long animal while aboard a submersible several miles deep in the Pacific Ocean. Take a look.

Female purple martin is the only species with contrasting gray collar on hind neck and pale forehead. Mottled undertail coverts. Fairly common but a local and declining summer resident.

DNA analysis reveals the big, flightless moa birds ate — and pooped out — 13 kinds of fungi, including ones crucial for New Zealand’s forest ecosystem.

But spotting the differences between a house finch vs a purple finch is particularly tricky. After all, the two species look incredibly alike! Here are some important things to look out for when ...

I have a whole new definition for “streaming TV.” A couple years ago, I installed a tiny color camera, complete with audio, inside one of my purple martin houses. This allows me to observe and ...

Purple loosestrife, a herbaceous perennial that is in the Lythraceae family, is a wetland invasive that prefers full sun and wet soil but is able to grow in shaded, drier conditions as well. Common ...

Soon enough, a “long” purple sea creature caught their attention — and for good reason. It turned out to be a new species. A joint Chinese-New Zealand research team set out in October 2022 ...