Voted the world’s ugliest animal, turned into an internet star, and yet completely misunderstood: The blobfish is probably ...

Most people on Earth are habitats for mites that spend the majority of their brief lives burrowed, head-first, in our hair ...

A new study of wild bats reveals that an animal's immune system is shaped by more than its need to fight infections. Researchers from the University of Maryland have found that sex, age and ...

Fisherman reeling in fish on the Ohio River might be making two catches – the fish, and parasitic larvae from another small ...

A mosquito (Culex nigripalpus) feeds on nectar from mango flower in Florida, the US. Mosquitoes are better known to spread ...

U.S. New World screwworm cases have risen to 27, prompting expanded Texas quarantines and continued sterile fly releases to ...

Beluga whales are often called the “canaries of the sea” because they are incredibly vocal and communicate in close-knit pods ...

Starting one's sex life and having children at a young age can run in the family. But can pregnancy have beneficial health ...

We explore the link between jellyfish blooms and coastal sprawl. Are these ancient creatures exploiting our modern infrastructure?

Grey hair isn't random decline — it's melanocyte stem cells wearing out, a flaw natural selection never bothered fixing. Here ...

The latest screwworm outbreak in cattle has led to clashing ideas about how to control it.

At first glance, bat sea stars, the nubbly, orange, many-footed creatures often found on the seafloor, seem about as far from humans as one can get. Appearances can be deceiving, however. Scientists ...