Plastic packaging fills up landfills – engineers are working on a bio-based alternative that could replace the kind shown here. tuk69tuk/iStock via Jie Wu, an engineering graduate student, was ...

When alarmed the coprophagous beetle stiffens its legs, rolls over, and begins to squeak ...

Camels are masters of adaptation. Here’s how these animals evolved to survive the sand and glare while preserving crucial ...

A newly described African species in the magic mushroom family confirms its evolutionary origin. Psilocybe ochraceocentrata is found growing on cattle dung in the grasslands of southern Africa and ...

Insects on roads face immense pressure from vehicles. Yet, some beetles surprisingly survive these encounters. Their survival ...

The story of the dung beetle starts on the great savanna plains. These beetles are part of the circle of life that feeds all animals. They don't only eat dung, but their whole life revolves around it.

Life may look like a paradise for beetles living in ant colonies. Plump, wriggling ant larvae and helpless eggs sit waiting to be devoured, while hundreds of thousands of ants stand at the ready to ...

Duncan Mitchell has received funding from South African National Research Foundation, South African Medical Research Council, Oppenheimer Memorial Trust, Australian Research Council. Joh R. Henschel ...

Sexual selection, which can create diverse speciation as males develop attributes in competition with other males, can change the course of evolution. A 40-year-long experiment analyzed the sexual ...

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Animal Mechanicals is a Decode Entertainment television series created by Jeff Rosen and produced by Halifax Film, a DHX Media Company, in association with CBC. Animal Mechanicals Rex, Unicorn, Komodo ...

On the morning of July 25, an animal control officer traveled to Auburn, Ala., to retrieve animals that had been taken for vetting, according to LaGrange police. He returned to the LaGrange Animal ...