Of all the bugs New Zealanders could have selected to win an international competition, they chose neither the prettiest, nor ...

Beetles are classified in the order Coleoptera (sheath-wing). The front pair of wings is hardened into cases (called elytra) ...

While walking around, I am seeing little pieces of lichens on the ground and street. With the recent snow and rains, trees ...

New Zealand made an unexpected decision of choosing an ancient worm as the winner for an international competition.As ...

Down in South Carolina, my current home, there is an interesting collection of toxic, poisonous, and downright dangerous ...

The Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna) is a grassland species most common in the fields of Central Kentucky. It is ...

These birds are not intimidated by the cold. Ornithologist Edward Howe Forbush observed juncos bathing in streams of melting snow in August and taking snow baths in winter, much the way other birds ...

The only mammals covered in scales, there’s nothing like a pangolin! From curling up into a ball, to using their long, sticky ...

One Maidu and Wintun woman discovered what happens when floating tule on water. The growth of life might be able to limit ...

As much as we love the return of warm, spring weather, we also loathe the return of many pests that disappear in the colder ...