Animals adapt to survive. Learn how animal adaptations help organisms. How an animal looks or behaves reflects where it lives. It has to adapt to survive in its environment and passes those ...

The Earth is full of remarkable species, and the wood frog (Lithobates sylvaticus) is certainly one of them. This small critter is the only amphibian on the planet that lives north of the Arctic ...

Neurobiologist Kenneth Catania’s passion for scrutinizing odd animal adaptations all started with a creature with a 22-point star on its face. Catania first saw a star-nosed mole (Condylura cristata) ...

What do crayfish and the metal mercury tell us about clean water? What do animal adaptations tell us about their environment. Meet a scientist who studies crayfish and hopes they will show him how ...

When people build cities and introduce invasive creatures, resident critter populations sometimes adapt Brian Handwerk - Science Correspondent When humans build cities and introduce invasive species, ...

Octopuses are among the most fascinating and intelligent creatures of the ocean. Known for their incredible problem-solving ...

MY review 1 of McAtee's work 2 on the effectiveness of so-called ‘protective’ adaptations in animals was written to direct the attention of naturalists to a unique accumulation of facts bearing on a ...

Chameleons are amazing reptiles found mainly in Africa and Madagascar. They are known for their incredible colour changes, ...