Thirty years ago, students from the Auntie Mary Nicoli Elementary School in Aniak were among those who held a statewide ...

Despite its tiny stature, the smallest bird native to North America can survive cold nights in the Rocky Mountains, and some ...

In Australia, millions of newly hatched Bogong moths embark on an impressive journey twice a year. Each spring, they hatch ...

An ant and fly from the Cretaceous period offer insights into the history of Ophiocordyceps, the fungal parasite made popular ...

Bogong moths use both Earth's magnetic field and the starry night sky to make twice-yearly migrations spanning hundreds of ...

Bogong moths are the first invertebrates known to navigate using the night sky during annual migrations to highland caves ...

Found only in Madagascar, this is the smallest primate in the world at just 92 mm long. With big eyes and a curious face, it’s active at night, darting through treetops in search of insects and ...

It primarily eats plants but will occasionally consume crabs, insects, or even dead fish if available. The post Learn About Chevrotains, the Smallest Hoofed Mammals on Earth appeared first on A-Z ...

In fact, they are the smallest hoofed animals on Earth. While the water chevrotain (Hyemoschus aquaticus) can weigh between 15 and 35 pounds, the Java mouse-deer (Tragulus javanicus) is a mere 2.2 ...

A small but growing number of restaurants in the U.S. are cooking up insect-based dishes. Some insect farmers even sell roasted crickets and cricket powders at farmers markets. But the idea of ...

One of the smallest land animals in Antarctica are the springtails, related to primitive insects but lacking some of the features we see in modern insects. For example, their mouthparts are ...