The University’s Museum of Natural History is located on the southern end of campus, in a repurposed library space. Visitors ...

Although freshwater habitats cover less than 1 percent of the Earth's surface, they support 10 percent of known animal species.

Almost a quarter of freshwater animals, including crabs, crayfish, shrimp, damselfly and fish, are threatened of going ...

A new study from USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and Iowa State University (ISU) reveals that generative ...

Sticks found in a cave that date back 12,000 years and other archaeological evidence show how humans have long viewed the ...

In the centenary of naturalist Gerald Durrell’s birth, a new memoir adds rich new layers to what we know about the man ...

A new method based on optical tweezers can measure viscoelasticity of biological materials in a simpler and more versatile ...

New research shows about a quarter of animals living in rivers, lakes and other freshwater sources are threatened with ...

A lack of understanding can no longer be used as an excuse for inaction. As the authors of the new study point out, ...

Several inches of snowfall kept the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute closed to visitors this week. But the animals and their caretakers still had a good time!

Exclusive reporting reveals how the United States lost track of a virus that could cause the next pandemic. Problems like the ...