Have you ever seen a diving beetle? They’re one of my favorite animals. They live underwater and breathe air from a bubble attached to their butts. I talked about all the ways animals breathe ...

This is the first time that scientists have tested how bumblebee queens fare when submerged for long periods, and the findings shed new light on the insects’ adaptations and their resilience to ...

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. -- Presenting the world’s smallest (and scrappiest) scuba diver: A species of semi-aquatic lizard produces a special bubble over its nostrils to breathe underwater and avoid predators ...

You can learn a lot about the health of a stream by knowing its aquatic inhabitants. Sara Owen, ecologist for the Montana Natural Heritage Program, led an aquatic insect field trip Thursday evening, ...

“These are terrestrial organisms, they’re not really designed to be underwater,” he said. The team then carried out an experiment involving 143 common eastern bumblebee queens and found that those ...