Sitting in my campsite at Goblin Valley State Park, I saw an antelope ground squirrel standing erect on its back feet, which ...

Spruce bark beetles don’t just tolerate their host tree’s chemical defenses—they actively reshape them into stronger ...

At first glance, the insect trapped in golden resin looked like any other tiny victim of deep time. Only under close ...

At first glance, an anteater looks like a creature imagined by someone mixing parts from different animals. It has a long, ...

Spruce bark beetles hijack their host tree’s chemical defenses, transforming them into potent weapons against fungal threats.

Then there is the fungus, Beauveria bassiana. This fungus is neither the tree’s nor the beetle’s friend; as a pathogenic ...

The natural world is full of animals that seem to defy logic, blurring the line between reality and imagination. Some look ...

After pulling my kayak ashore, I walked along the empty beach for an hour, collecting shells and fragments of red coral. I ...

Shielded from development and agriculture, many archaeological sites from ancient Greece have now become inadvertent safe ...

Some 99 million years ago, a juvenile dinosaur got its feathery tail stuck in tree resin, a death trap for the small creature. But its misfortune is now giving scientists unique insight into feathered ...

Nature always has the potential to outdo human imagination. From across oceans, forests, deserts, and isolated islands, there are actual living creatures strange enough to appear mythical. They have ...

Epidemic-causing viruses are linked to a small number of bat families, not bats as a whole, improving outbreak prevention ...