SOMERVILLE — When Kathy Ball-Toncic saw a broad-winged, brilliantly feathered red-tailed hawk swoop across the Somerville ...

Nature's most formidable predators are often female, wielding power through strategy, cunning, and fierce maternal instincts. From the disease-carryin ...

Some days are simply better than others, especially when a virus gets hold of you and won’t let go. Nothing too special or ...

This year, however, the shrubbery part of this wetland is glowing red. So, I finally risked pulling over and getting out, and ...

In June 2024, the Canadian government lifted the moratorium on northern cod fishing in Newfoundland and Labrador after 32 ...

Imagine you’re an ancient hunter surveying the icy tundra of what is now California’s Sierra Nevada. Covered in furs, armed only with the tools you’ve made by hand, and sporting a hefty mane of hair, ...

Imagine wandering through the vast Arabian Desert, where the wind sculpts endless dunes and silence reigns supreme. As ...

For many nocturnal moths, hearing sound waves is a matter of survival in the night sky. Their ability to detect ultrasonic ...

Human-driven changes to landscapes worldwide are 'thinning out' the ecological services supplied by wild birds, eroding the ...

Large litters are not uncommon in the animal kingdom, but some species give birth to thousands, and even millions, of young.

Male fairy-wren use different calls to communicate. Photo courtesy Andrew Katsis (BirdLab) After years studying wild birds in ...

Health & Biosecurity Risks Feral (and stray) cats are associated with the spread of toxoplasmosis, a parasite that can harm ...