Vespa orientalis fed an 80-percent-ethanol brew still did hornet tasks and had normal life spans. This trick may be an adaptation to gut-dwelling yeast.

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From the Etruscan shrew, to stealthy leopards and social hyenas, species are spotlighted hunting, feeding, and going about their daily survival routines. We get to learn of little known mammal species ...

The extremely rare Indian purple frog doesn’t really look like a frog. It’s also a living fossil that’s been around since ...

The world is full of deadly animals and insects, with some of the most innocuous-looking ones that can actually be the most poisonous ...

To distill the secret behind this metabolic mastery, study co-author and zoologist Dorothée Huchon led a hunt for genetic ...

Narrated by David AttenboroughSeries Producer: Scott AlexanderRating: 4/5 This stunning new miniseries on Sony BBC Earth is focused on Mammals and their remarkable resilience and adaptability that ...

In a recent study, it is revealed, a unique species of wasp which, unlike any other known creature, is entirely unaffected by ...

From the formation of inner ear bones to the rise of hair to cover our bodies, these developments made us distinct from other ...

Once every spring, a few days after the full moon, corals of the great barrier reef release eggs and sperm simultaneously—a ...

Underappreciated and far less seen than most Minnesota mammals, pocket gophers are nevertheless abundant wherever their ...

The Pribilof Island shrew is a small, short tailed species of mammal in the family Soricidae (shrews). It is endemic to and found only on Alaska's Pribilof Islands. Due to its distinct tricoloured ...