Understanding biodiversity within species is key to our understanding of why nature works the way it does, say researchers ...

We have explored very little of our own planet and that’s because most of it lurks underneath the water’s surface. Gecqua in ...

Seeing a large monitor lizard inside or around your home can be frightening. These reptiles are strong, fast, and can grow several feet long depending on the species. In tropical and subtropical ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A nile monitor, in its native range. Monitors are one of Florida's problematic invasive species. For invasive reptile hunters in ...

This new series of photographs captures the vastness of Earth in ancient rock formations, natural weathering, tiny crystals, coastlines and gems of amber. But it’s also about the traces of family ...

For invasive reptile hunters in Florida, there’s another predatory lizard on the radar. Nile monitors, native to Africa, are populating parts of the Sunshine State, and they can now be killed ...

What if a single robot could adopt the anatomy of multiple animals? Researchers have found a way to 3D print a four-legged robot with customizable limbs that allow it to morph into the shape of a ...

Editor's note: We've updated this story with new information. Since last November, when a prehistoric-looking shoebill landed on a tour boat in Uganda and appeared to dwarf observers, the birds have ...

In the warm, humid savannahs and forests of sub-Saharan Africa dwells a tribe of flower beetles in the genus Golianthus, ...