Tobias Koehler, director of the McBryde and Allerton gardens, said their priority is protecting loulu palm. The roughly 700-tree collection comprises all but one of the 27 loulu species found on Earth ...

Participating in the annual Great Backyard Bird Count is easy, fun to do, and can be done anywhere you find birds.

Insects are everywhere, crawling across sidewalks, hanging out in our gardens, and even invading our homes. Despite inhabiting nearly every corner of the planet, many of the most common insect species ...

Yards that include mature trees and native plants are critical rest stops for the millions of birds that migrate through the ...

National and Kansas healthcare officials are warning people to watch out for possible signs of a flesh-eating parasite.

What looked like a pearl necklace on a tiny spider turned out to be parasitic mite larvae. Scientists identified the mites as a new species, marking the first record of its family in Brazil. The ...

A novel UF study found the thrips had another trick up its sleeve. Females can reproduce without a male, giving birth to an ...

"They are responding to this.' Researchers discover surprising reason for birds' strange behavior in US region: 'It's worth the energy' first appeared on The Cool Down.

A nest of invasive Asian hornets has been found for the first time in Wales. The Asian hornet or yellow-legged hornet, a voracious invasive, is native to South East Asia and arrived in France in a ...

Christine Smith vanished in Las Vegas in 1998 and was later found dead in a storage unit. Oxygen’s Snapped revisits the ...

Search for the lovely American avocet along coastlines, lakes, and ponds. Plus, learn about their unique technique when foraging for food.

Beetles display a wide range of colors, from deep muted tones to those that shift from green to purple or yellow as they ...