Mother Nature doesn't always play by the rules... Sometimes she flips the script, hits Caps Lock and produces something so ...

These hairy spiders spend almost all of their lives underground. But when it's time to mate, they must brave the great ...

Female treefrogs prefer a mate with an impressive call, but the crowded environments give unattractive males an edge, ...

BLOOMINGTON — Miller Park Zoo will be hosting its second annual Arts for Conservation event from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. this Saturday. More than 20 local artists will gather at the zoo to sell goods to ...

Researchers have confirmed the presence of an invasive species of tick in Maine for the first time, marking the farthest northeast in the United States the pest has been ...

Where do baby zoo animals come from? Maybe not where you think. The Memphis Zoo is bringing species back from the brink of ...

But evolution has not moved quickly enough to conceal animals from human-surveillance technologies, which are undergoing ...

Ant queens of one species are sexual parasites that clone ants of another species to create hybrid workers that do their ...

Jim and Emma first met each other in 2001. Ever since, their relationship has evolved from a casual friendship into deep ...

Researchers have captured the first video footage of a black jaguar mating in the wild with a spotted jaguar. This rare ...

A comparison of the thylacine’s genome to other marsupials has revealed that the creatures lost genetic diversity long before ...

Nature has a way of surprising us. Some of its wildest wonders come not from familiar species, but from hybrids—unusual creatures born when two different animals mate, either in the wild or with human ...