The ecosystem needs our help and that of our animal friends. Jump in to read about 9 animals that are types of decomposers!

Scientists say meat eating ants are cleaners of the savannah where dead bodies of insects, reptiles, birds and mammals are ...

If you dig through the news, you may come across stories of different plants and animals enduring forest fires, sea ...

Ants live in incredibly organized, socially complex colonies where the division of labor is clearly defined. Each ant has a ...

A new-to-science species of worm has just pulled out one hell of a party trick: it can squash up like an accordion to a ...

Effective mucosal immunity in the intestine involves a fine balance between tolerance of the microbiome, recognition and elimination of pathogens, and inflammatory tissue injury. The anti-inflammatory ...

Sometime in April, a friend alerted me to some odd ball-shaped structures attached to a spruce log in Auke Lake. These are bryozoans, a type of minuscule aquatic animals. They constitute their own ...

Found on two landmasses off the coast of the Yucatan, these surprise species could unfortunately already be in danger.

Blood is often associated with the color red, but in the animal kingdom, it comes in a surprising range of hues. From the ...

Both animals occupy fissures in the coastline’s volcanic rock and forage in the ocean. “How could you not fall in love with these birds?” asked the 78-year-old director of the University of ...

Although many conservationists believe biodiversity is intrinsically valuable, the protection of biodiversity has also been ...