This lizard’s physiology rewrites what we thought reptiles were capable of. Here’s the truth behind its notorious reputation, ...

This video explores the remarkable adaptations that allow certain animals to survive in some of the hottest and driest environments on Earth. Scientists highlight how these species evolved specialized ...

A fight between a shark and a piranha is what one would expect to read about in a thriller novel, but not in scientific fact.

Winter is hard, and for wildlife in Colorado, it's even harder. To survive, many species have developed adaptations over ...

Hunting is considered critical to human evolution by many researchers who believe that several characteristics that distinguish humans from our closest living relatives, the apes, may have partly ...

Animals need to get creative to survive in the wild. While some feature bright “warning colors” to keep predators away, a strategy called aposematism, others have evolved to stay hidden in their ...

Mosasaurs were enormous reptiles best known for ruling ancient oceans more than 66 million years ago, but new evidence suggests some also lived in rivers. Scientists reached this conclusion after ...

Scientists examining a rare fossil found in Canada’s Burgess Shale have discovered a predator with three eyes that lived over 500 million years ago. The fossil species, named Mosura fentoni for ...

Animals protect themselves from being eaten by other animals in countless ways. Some are commonplace. Others are unconventional. Camouflage and running are well-known defenses. Not being seen by a ...

Animal survival strategies, how animals escape predators, camouflage in animals, playing dead in the wild, animal defense ...