Discover how woodpeckers use their bodies like hammers, combining muscle power and coordination to drill through wood.

A beloved eagle, a school mascot, was electrocuted on PG&E power lines near an elementary school in the Bay Area. Could ...

The research provides direct evidence that at least one pterosaur species ate plants. That simple gut snapshot shifts a ...

Explore 15 real-world innovations where animal biology inspired modern technology, from robots to raincoats and more.

Walk past most park ponds and you’ll spot him: the male mallard. Despite being a common bird, the male mallard still looks ...

Guided by faculty experts, an innovative restoration makes the beloved UChicago landmark a haven for visitors and wildlife ...

You pick up a bird field guide to identify what sparrow species you just observed on one of your nature hikes. The text directs you to look for a white eye stripe, striped crown and yellow lores. Now ...

A newly described dinosaur that appears to have persisted beyond a catastrophic die-off is forcing scientists to rethink how ...

There comes a moment when you’re seated at Hooper’s Crab House, fork hovering over a golden-brown crab cake that’s barely holding together from all that lump meat, when you realize you’ve found ...

Earlier this year, a group of researchers published a paper on the remarkable phenomenon of sex reversal in several ...

Modern researchers know about the cuckoo’s cross-species brood parasitism – but one Roman emperor observed this more than 700 ...

Flight is a rare skill in the animal world. Among vertebrates, it evolved only three times: in bats, birds, and the ...