Life is tough when you're a coral.To begin with, corals only reproduce over a few nights each year in a synchronised breeding ...

A thick stream of baby red crabs was seen pouring down a street towards a rainforest on Australia’s Christmas Island during their annual migration. Footage here by Andrew Robinson shows the ...

Jimmy Carter made eradicating the Guinea worm a top mission of The Carter Center. Now it could soon become the second disease ...

Researchers collected the unfortunate arachnids near grottos and caves in Rio de Janeiro state, a region similar to where ...

From a single inspired by larvae squirming in the dirt to a comically enlightening track about waiting on hold with an insurance company, our music critics share their favorite music from the month.

A ‘massive smack’ of lion’s mane jellyfish has appeared in Port Phillip Bay, but experts say fears of a ‘jellygeddon’ are overblown ...

Climate-driven shifts in ocean and atmospheric dynamics underpin these recent blooms in octopus numbers in UK waters.

While it's not exactly "build it and they will come," nature-based shoreline erosion-control structures such as living shorelines offer increased protection when they successfully attract and grow ...

From powerful birds of prey to tiny songbirds, and blind snakes to miniscule flies, an impressive range of species have ...

At first glance, it looks like just another graceful white bird walking through the wetlands—until you notice what it's ...

The New World screwworm flies lay their eggs in wounds, noses, ears, eyes or mouths. Their eggs develop into parasitic larvae, or maggots, that feed on the surrounding flesh as they burrow deeper.