February 2 is International Hedgehog Day, a reminder that Europe’s hedgehogs have declined by up to 97% in a century.

Every critter on this planet that relies on a sexual means of reproduction has its own way of luring in a mate – but ...

The Anna's hummingbird is more cold-hardy than most hummingbirds. Learn what the males and females look like and where to ...

Bangladesh’s soft-shell crab exports are booming, but the Sundarbans’ fragile ecosystem is paying the price as juvenile crabs are harvested and mangrove soil destabilised ...

Scientists have uncovered a 400-million-year-old genetic secret that gave spiders the ability to produce silk and weave their ...

Researchers collected the unfortunate arachnids near grottos and caves in Rio de Janeiro state, a region similar to where ...

Scientists in Brazil discovered a new parasitic mite after spotting pearl-like larvae clinging to a tiny spider in a museum ...

For a few fleeting weeks each winter, the famously elusive cats emerge from solitude, calling across the mountains in search of a mate.

What makes spider silk so extraordinarily strong and elastic at the same time? This was the focus of recent investigations carried out by researchers from the University of Greifswald, the University ...