This video explores the remarkable adaptations that allow certain animals to survive in some of the hottest and driest ...

Animals need to get creative to survive in the wild. While some feature bright “warning colors” to keep predators away, a strategy called aposematism, others have evolved to stay hidden in their ...

In the African savanna, lions are at the top of the food chain. Hunting in groups with their sharp claws and excellent vision, lions are considered the top land predator. Both herbivores and ...

Ringtail is Arizona’s state mammal, designated in 1986 to highlight regionally tied symbols. Ringtails are nocturnal, desert-adapted raccoon-like carnivores about the size of a house cat with a ringed ...

Large prehistoric marine reptiles known as mosasaurs dominated the oceans until their extinction 66 million years ago.

Betty Ford Alpine Gardens invites the community to discover the remarkable survival strategies of Colorado’s mountain wildlife during “Habitats and Adaptations,” a captivating educational program with ...

A past predator of the seas may have had a secret weapon: noise-cancelling flippers that helped it sneak up on prey. The team then performed computer analyses to simulate how the flipper might have ...

Many black beetle species are nocturnal, meaning they must rely on their senses to navigate the darkness. Much of the time, these insects avoid predators, find mates, and locate food during nighttime ...

Giant mosasaurs, once thought to be strictly ocean-dwelling predators, may have spent their final chapter prowling freshwater ...

Whether it's reversible anuses or exploding intestines, the natural world proves that internal body parts shouldn't always ...

The animal kingdom is full of fascinating adaptations, and one of the most intriguing is the ability to sleep with one eye open. While humans drift into deep slumber with both eyes closed, several ...