The great eared nightjar, found across Asia, looks like a tiny dragon. Its camouflage, twilight hunting and unique behaviour ...

These underground rodents are the first mammals found to actively choose air with lower-than-normal oxygen levels. Their ...

Birds and bats act as non-chemical pest management in West African lowland rice fields, according to a recent study based in ...

We spend billions of pounds and decades of research trying to build machines that can clean the air, move water, […] ...

California’s diverse climate and sprawling urban areas have made the western state an unexpected hotspot for non-native ...

“Not only do these spiders occasionally catch small vertebrates – mice, rats, frogs, lizards, snakes – they also catch bulky ...

Scientists built a robot to help explain how a tropical bat spots insects perched on leaves using echolocation, a highly ...

Nature has an extraordinary talent for showcasing diversity through its fascinating array of creatures, and snakes are no ...

Same-sex sexual behaviour has been recorded in around 1,500 species, from insects and starfish to birds and mammals. Yet sex ...