Anna’s hummingbirds have evolved to have longer, larger beaks to access backyard feeders in urban areas. It could be a step ...

Wild animals are increasingly making cities their homes. Leopards in Mumbai and monkeys in Delhi are examples. Raccoons, ...

In an impressive feat of rapid urban adaptation, sulphur-crested cockatoos have worked out how to use their feet and their large bodies to twist the tap handles of drinking fountains in order to ...

While these numbers are low, their successes show rewilding cities can and does work. Beavers now swim in a wetland in London ...

Here are some of the fire adaptations ... that have long lived in fire-prone areas do what humans do: They evacuate—as fast as possible. In the United States, Eastern fence lizards living ...

The birds amassed fans, as legions of devotees follow along on webcams each spring as falcons progress from hatching to ...

Urban tree-planting initiatives have spent years convincing residents that planting trees leads to cleaner air and cooler streets. Now these programs are scrambling to adapt as federal funds are ...

"This shows that sand lizards find very good conditions along railway tracks, as they have everything they require throughout the year in a compact area: enough insects to feed on, places to hide ...

A tradition of female diving on a South Korean island might have shaped the genomes of the island’s population, as well as the physiology of the divers 1. The Haenyeo — which means ‘women of ...

High above the bustle of cities across the country, the fastest birds on the planet are making nests, hatching young and ...

For many years, federally funded scientists have been developing solutions to help reduce the harm climate change is causing in people’s lives and livelihoods. Yet, as with many other science ...

A monitor lizard was seen feeding on the remains of ... The sex of the baby, estimated to have been carried to full term, has yet to be identified. It is also not clear whether the baby ...