Find out what we can learn from the successes of mushrooms and other fungi on navigating the world around us as the planet changes.
Much of our planet’s bizarre flora and fauna live in isolated, quiet places where humans don’t tread.
Triplophysa rosa a species of blind loach endemic to China Triplophysa rosa is a species of freshwater loach belonging to the family Nemacheilidae (order Cypriniformes), endemic to the Dongba Cave in...
Bercy Chen Studio: Edgeland House is located on a rehabilitated brownfield site and is a modern re‐interpretation of one of the oldest housing typologies
Gone are the days of colonial buildings lining the streets of Africa. African architecture is now holding its own.
A living fossil is an animal that has managed to survive millions of years without changing their body structure. They also have few living relatives. In other words, these animals are prehistoric leftovers that somehow survived major extinction events. As a result living fossils are strange in appearance and a rarity to be seen.
Learn all about the river otter, including its habitat, fun facts and cool adaptations, before or after you visit the Aquarium!
Cool new translucent snail is discovered in an underground cave in Croatia. It's species name is Zospeum tholussum and it is blind.
Capybaras, dugongs, and penis snakes, oh my!
Ask most people to name the most important species of our grassland habitats, and they'll probably pick coyotes, golden eagles, or even rattlesnakes. But experts say that the strongest contender of all is the animal eaten by all those other ones: the lowly California ground squirrel, a true keystone of local grasslands. Belowground, the squirrels' lengthy burrows harbor insects, snakes, owls, and even frogs and salamanders that couldn't live in such a dry landscape without the squirrels' help. And above-ground, they've evolved some unusual defenses that allow them to thrive, even as they feed so many others.
Southern viscacha (Lagidium viscacia) The southern viscacha is a species of rodent in the family Chinchillidae and is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Peru. It is a colonial animal living in...
People have been crawling around the cavernous mountains of Asia for centuries, but remarkably, the largest cave in the world remained hidden from discovery deep in the forests of Phong Nha Ke Bang National Park in Vietnam until 1991. As the story of the Sơn Đoòng Cave goes, "local farmer Ho
When you want to keep a vast fortune or priceless object secure, look no further: These safes and vaults are famous for being virtually impregnable.
Some areas of the United States are starting to report the emergence of the Brood X cicadas after their 17-year absence.
Volcano-top orchid also named by scientists contending with extinctions caused by the human destruction of nature
