Caves are one of the most mysterious habitats on earth, a habitat that is dark, lacks sunlight, has a constant temperature, and food is limited. However, after millions of years, some animals have ...

A study on worms led by researchers from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in the US has uncovered a previously ...

Lord of the Flies has become such a shorthand for a descent into savagery, a warning of what lies beneath the surface of ...

Evolution often involves losing traits like eyesight or flight when they are no longer advantageous, demonstrating a focus on efficiency and adaptation. Cavefish lose eyes through epigenetic changes, ...

For humans, feces are last on the list of things we’d place near our mouth. In the animal world, that reaction does not ...

This football-sized creature could grind its teeth like a hard-core plant-eater, back before that was really a thing — and it ...

Dolphins developed streamlined bodies and other adaptations when they transitioned from land to water 50 million years ago. Credit: Pexels.com.

We humans have long viewed ourselves as the pinnacle of evolution. People label other species as “primitive” or “ancient” and use terms like “higher” and “lower” animals. This anthropocentric ...

Wombats might be the only animals with cube-shaped scats, but there are plenty of other strange bowel movements being performed by Australian animals.

Recent 2025 studies reveal the biological functions behind seemingly strange animal behaviors. From chimpanzees using plants as medicine and orcas coordinating hunts with dolphins, to eagles gathering ...