There are some animals, like mammals, reptiles, and amphibians that can fly to some extent even without wings. They, on the other hand, must force their body to take flight and keep them in the air.

Everyone knows about the mass extinction that ended the Age of Dinosaurs. About 66 million years ago, a seven-mile-wide ...

Mammals have thick fur and layers of fat to stand up to cold weather, but we can’t forget about little amphibians like newts ...

Once a familiar sight along Britain’s riverbanks, water voles now face extinction—thanks to a new predator. Can these ...

The genes that build the cartilage of fish gills were repurposed to build the cartilage in mammals’ outer ears ...

Snake tours – or “herping” – on which enthusiasts trudge along jungle trails and through muddy swamps to seek out and take ...

Weighing less than a nickel, a shrew can eat seven pounds of slugs and insects in a year! Islanders most often encounter ...

It’s the middle of a summer night on a beach in Florida. Nicole Flanders is covered in sweat and sand. She’s batting away ...

The giant salamander species in Appalachia was already in trouble when Hurricane Helene devastated swaths of its habitat in ...