Severe thunderstorms could bring large hail, tornadoes, high winds and lighting to swaths of the Eastern Plains, according to the National Weather Service.

Local photographer Simon Luckman captured the Northern Lights above Breydon Water Nature Reserve in the early hours of Friday morning.

The male western spotted skunk is around 336 – 734 gm in weight, and the female skunk is about 227 – 482 gm, so males are heavier than female skunks. Mature skunks have creamy white & black color ...

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This virus is spotted in other animals like grey foxes, porcupines, raccoons, marmosets, etc. They are 3-15 pounds in weight. Female skunks are 15 percent size smaller in size than male skunks. During ...

Adrian Barnard, a self-taught wildlife photographer, spotted the lapwing at Strumpshaw Fen on Tuesday. "We usually see the underside of this bird in flight so it's great to see the topside in all ...

So, humans are Homo sapiens, the red maple Acer rubrum, garlic Allium sativum, and the eastern spotted skunk Spilogale putorius. Today, biologists maintain huge databases containing the taxonomic ...

Most people would call it a“field mouse,” but a scientist would ask,“Was it Peromyscus maniculatus ? Or Peromyscus leucopus ?” Scientists u ...

Scientists use a system of complicated-sounding names to refer to everyday creatures, a practice heavily lampooned in the Warner Bros. cartoons featuring the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote—or ...

The scientist who discovers a species usually names it by publishing a formal description in a peer-reviewed journal. From there, the name makes its way into the databases.