Animals

Biology and materials science, in alliance, have discovered how zinc atoms harden an ant’s tooth.

The gene had eluded researchers for years.

The Feiruz wood lizard is one of more than a dozen recently found Peruvian creatures.

These beautiful insects like to get a little dirty.

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None of these tips involve extermination.

Three new species join the “acrobats of the skunk world.”

Biologists carefully observed—and were surprised by—the lumbering gait of these so-called 'water bears.'

The invasive green beetle destroys trees across 35 US states—and quarantine efforts are futile.

Creatures of the sky and sea can conspire to form mesmerizing displays of synchronicity.