Colors evolved for survival, with animals using them for warnings and mating, and plants attracting pollinators.

Encouraging quietness during zoo trips can help visitors better appreciate their inhabitants and lead to more fulfilling, respectful and informative experiences, a new paper argues.

The most advanced respirometry chambers in Latin America were inaugurated at the Alliance Bioversity-CIAT campus in Colombia. These are hermetically sealed spaces designed to precisely measure and ...

Cold temperatures significantly slow down cell division, meaning new cells are produced more slowly. However, cell expansion is less affected by low temperatures. This means that even when it’s cold, ...

This natural survival strategy, known as coprophagy, reveals how wildlife makes the most of every available resource.

“The key insight is that the ideal learning rate increases in the same way regardless of the pace of environmental change, whether the organism changes its environment or alters its interaction with ...

However, one group of ecologists is challenging the assumption that animals don’t eat ethanol ... For example, fruit flies intentionally lay their eggs in substances that have ethanol.

"It is truly life changing for the animals in our care," McCoy said. This is really geared toward making sure that they’re, not only that they physically have a safe place to be, but that their ...

At their largest ... s clear there’s an interplay between environment and senescence. Lobsters are yet another incredibly long-lived aquatic animal, with some individuals estimated to be ...