"Our results clearly demonstrate that mammals are responding to the urban environment by changing their behavior. Much less clear is what these changes mean in terms of urban mammalian diversity, ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. In this video, you will be guided to make observations of three different animals and their adaptations for survival. Even the youngest learners ...

A recent study highlights that animals calibrate their sleep cycle in response to their environment. Researchers from Washington University School of Medicine and the University of Missouri found that ...

Streets, walls, concrete—cities may seem like a harsh environment. Yet some animals adapt remarkably well. A new study published in Biology Letters from Bielefeld University shows that common wall ...

Winter is upon the North Texas and Southwestern Oklahoma region and the conditions of this season present challenges to our region's wild animals. Cold temperatures (sometimes extremely cold), ...

Copepods are among the most important organisms in the ocean. The millimeter-small animals are food for many fish species and are therefore of central importance for life in the sea. Marine biologists ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Camels are masters of adaptation. Here’s how these animals ...

As humans change the environment, various species are forced to adapt or perish. Some cliff swallows learn to avoid swift highway traffic. Some Atlantic tomcod find ways to resist river pollution. A ...

As our planet becomes hotter and places such as Texas become drier, many people are worried about the effect on native wildlife. Current climate change impacts can be frightening, from out-of-control ...

An intense heatwave that gripped Mexico in May 2024 killed more than 50 howler monkeys. Humans can escape these consequences of rising global temperatures up to a point by taking refuge in ...