The birds are now looking extra snazzy—bright and glossy, dressed to impress in their breeding plumage. Colorful, shiny ...

Early Detection and Rapid Response is a concept to identify potentially invasive species prior to or just as the ...

The American robin has long signaled the arrival of spring, right up there with crocuses poking through dirt and frogs ribbiting at night.

Reese Public Schools is asking voters to support a zero increase Sinking Fund Millage proposal next month in the May 6 election. Hundreds of people are rallying throughout mid-Michigan on ...

Despite being deadly predators, rattlesnakes avoid skunks because of the skunk’s powerful defenses, biological tricks, and surprising toughness—proving that brains (and smell) sometimes beat fangs. [r ...

As New England warms, snowshoe hares are increasingly finding themselves the wrong color for camouflaging with their ...

The remote Potem Falls swimming hole near Mount Shasta is the perfect way too cool off during Northern California's scalding ...

Several things can affect bees in the winter. Extreme cold, mites, or even hive beetles can lead to extinction of a hive.

After a long and frigid winter, the sound of spring peepers singing from beaver bogs is a welcome one for New Englanders. But ...

In spring, many of Southern Utah's wildlife species become more active, looking for food, shelter and partners, and sometimes finding themselves in someone's backyard. But that's "not necessarily a ...

Winter practices a noble tradition called the Minnesota Goodbye, which is the default setting for many Minnesotans. An imminent departure lingers for an extended period as the process involves ...

The spadix of the skunk cabbage, however, is thermogenic. It knows how to make its own heat, like a warmblooded animal.