WOODPECKERS have unique habits that place them into a category of avian critters who conduct their life and food gathering ...

These creatures of contradiction aren’t hawks and aren’t the most active at night, but nighthawks are birds worth knowing ...

Tiny drones could one day crawl through collapsed buildings to help find survivors after earthquakes. These micro-robots, ...

Some species are unisexual and reproduce by parthenogenesis.

The invasive insects have been spreading across the United States for over a decade, leaving behind poop that bees are ...

Female praying mantises are notorious for eating their mates during or after sex. Now, scientists have discovered a dwarf ...

When animals are faced with extinction, they have three options: move, adapt, or die. Every year, the western monarch ...

This story originally appeared in the Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2007 edition of the Lassen County Times. Honeybees have made it through the last 20 million years in a changing world ...

A grasshopper is mainly made up of three parts: the head, the thorax and the abdomen. The legs and antennae extend from these ...

Winter birds in Georgia rely on backyard feeders as insects disappear and seeds decline. Offer a variety of foods to attract cardinals, chickadees, titmice, goldfinches, and jays. Use multiple feeder ...

During her lifetime May Swenson wrote her way into fame by recording memories riding her willow horse, enjoying strawberry ...

Sonoma and Marin counties are a nature-lover’s dream, with their sweeping meadows, dramatic coastlines, dense redwood forests and golden rolling hills offering a variety of beautiful landscapes. ...