A tiny blue octopus plucked from the deep waters near the Galapagos has given scientists a rare surprise. The golf-ball-sized ...

Tropical paper wasp colonies survive chaotic queen loss through "compensator" wasps that step up essential labor.

Timmy, the humpback whale that captured worldwide interest after strandings in the Baltic Sea, has died, but the debate over ...

Celebrated on May 20, National Rescue Dog Day shines a light on the millions of dogs in shelters and foster homes waiting for a second chance. Some come from neglect or abuse. Others are surrendered ...

Putting your own life on the line to save another is one of the most selfless and brave acts that not many people are willing ...

Putting your own life on the line to save another is one of the most selfless and brave acts that not many people are willing ...

Scientists once assumed that evolution would eventually force every member of a species to behave in more or less the same way, settling on a single “perfect” strategy for survival. However, modern ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This ...

The Cottar family has faced a few challenges in more than a century of running safaris. Charles Cottar, who swapped the plains of Oklahoma for those of East Africa in 1909, had to salvage one of the ...

Experimental infections, where a pathogen is introduced into the host body to see its effects in action, are considered the gold standard for assessing how vulnerable a host is, offering clear ...

Michael Jackson's animals had to be relocated when the singer abandoned the Neverland Ranch in 2005 Jordana Comiter is an Associate Editor on the Evergreen team at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...