Some animals form lifelong pair bonds that run deeper than simple mating. These connections shape how they live, move, and ...

Rattlesnakes are an iconic part of the American landscape, especially in the deserts of the Southwest, as well as the ...

One afternoon, you read a paper title and pause, not because it is complex, but because it sounds wrong. Right-handed snakes.

Side-blotched lizards probably don’t call the game that, but they play a version of it anyway. A new study explains the ...

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

Malabar giant squirrels are not only the largest squirrels in the world, but a keystone species in their forest ecosystem.

Plus, pocket-sized owls hooting, few family reunions in the bird world and a visit by robins’ handsome cousin.

When Courtenay Brown first moved from Perth to the Sunshine Coast, she started seeing snakes everywhere. While most people ...

Most people think of moths as small insects fluttering across porch lights, but some species greatly challenge that image.

Each day, Times Insider editors scour the newspaper for the most interesting facts to appear on our pages. This year, tidbits about plastic recycling, whale sharks and crab Rangoon enlightened and ...

They sit there, embedded in my phone camera roll like the occupants of some abandoned and fossilised liquor cabinet.

Despite being mammals, these remarkably cancer-resistant animals share a lot in common with cold-blooded species.