We explain why snakes have to shed their entire top layer of skin in one go as part of their growth cycle and how often they ...

Cutting off reproduction — from birth control to castration — consistently adds years to life across species, even humans.

To understand this phenomenon more closely, let us take a look at seven things snakes do when they are undergoing brumation. These are strange but important elements of a snake’s behaviour. During ...

Over the last 12 months, scientists from London’s Natural History Museum have been busy collecting, studying and cataloguing the extraordinary diversity of life on Earth. Museum scientists have given ...

Published Sept. 26 in the Journal of Experimental Biology, the study adds to a growing body of work exploring how temperature ...

Turtles can slow their hearts down to sleep underwater. Some species of turtles can even breath through their butts!

Blazing colors and enticing scents may be showy, but they're just one part of the toolkit plants use to lure in pollinators.

Giant tortoises are some of the long-lived species on the planet. Here’s what biologists now understand about one of nature’s ...

Over the last 12 months our scientists have been busy cataloguing the extraordinary diversity of life on Earth.

Cycad cones aren’t always hot. Instead, they follow daily cycles of heating and cooling: Pollen-laden male cones produce a big burst of heat in the late afternoon, and then ovulating female cones warm ...

Scientists warn that rising heat and rapid land change could reshape wildlife habitats faster than expected. A University of ...