What sounded like leaves rustling in the wind was the flickering wings of thousands of monarch butterflies as they flitted ...

Unfortunately, some of those birds will bring along tiny stowaways in the form of invasive ticks, according to a November joint study. The ticks that latch on to migrating birds can travel thousands ...

Misha was euthanized in 2008 due to declining health. At that time, and with an eye toward advancing isotope research, University of Utah distinguished professor Thure Cerling asked if his team could ...

New research shows that whales move nutrients thousands of miles—in their pee and poop—from as far as Alaska to Hawaii, ...

The Serengeti ecosystem is regarded as one of our planet’s greatest natural treasures, where one can witness “the largest ...

Millions of migratory birds, including most of the sandhill crane population, make their way through Nebraska every spring.

Luis Montilla chose to sleep on a beach in Panama instead of being confined to a migrant shelter on his way home to Venezuela ...

Daylight Saving Time (DST) officially began at 2 a.m. time on Sunday. The change deprived drivers of an hour of sleep, ...

“Beyond urine, whale carcasses also serve as nutrient deposits. When a whale dies, its massive body sinks to the ocean floor, ...

When whales migrate from their cold feeding grounds to warmer breeding waters, they carry tons of nutrients in their urine.

For 162 million years, sturgeons have fended off everything they’ve faced. Now scientists are racing to save these living ...

Now we can add whale urine to that list, according to a paper published in the journal Nature Communications. “Lots of people ...