Peekaboo! Owlets keep their eyes on the camera in this week's Reader's Lens. Here's how the photographer got the image.

Appropriately for us in the Delaware Valley right now, Henion begins with fireflies, but not just any fireflies. She takes us ...

Most people think they don’t get enough sleep, but compared to the animal kingdom, we’re wide awake. Some species spend nearly an entire day doing absolutely nothing, all for good reason.

A new study has uncovered evidence that a giant marine reptile from the Early Jurassic period used stealth to hunt its prey ...

The evolutionary quirks unveiled by the new research offer insight into how a subset of ichthyosaurs lived and hunted– and ...

In the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, his column in The Times-Picayune gave voice to the grief, frustration, anger and absurdity of a battered New Orleans. But Chris Rose also battled his ...

Homeowners who call the Johnson County K-State Extension office in Olathe after they’ve seen foxes in their backyard are ...

Photograph of Drs Lomax and Lindgren, together with fellow researcher Sven Sachs, examining one part of the flipper at Lund ...

Craving a blissful night under the stars? Alicia Miller picks the chic glamping spots were tents or pods can booked alongside ...

Carrie R. Moore is interested in life’s most difficult decisions and most knotted relationships. Her debut short story collection, Make Your Way Home, out July 12 via Tin House, tells 11 tales set in ...

Investigation of a metre-long front flipper, uniquely preserved with fossilized soft tissues, has revealed that the giant ...

With over 100,000 species in the superfamily Papilionoidea, butterflies are found on every continent except Antarctica. They are incredibly adaptable insects and live in various habitats, from ...