The mating process in octopuses does not involve vision as a means of identifying a mate. Rather, the animals employ a process which is referred to as “taste by touch,” where the limbs of octopuses ...

Octopuses are one of the most alien creatures on Earth. The lack of bones makes them amazing shapeshifters, most of them can change color like chameleons, and they pump blue copper-based blood through ...

The ‘sea unicorn’ is an evolutionary anomaly. What few know is that the narwhal’s iconic ‘horn’ is actually a tooth, shaped ...

Holter Reservoir is a prime fishing spot—and part of the reason for that is Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks’ wild fish egg ...

Bioluminescent fireworms engaging in a mating ritual in Colorado Lagoon drew crowds over the weekend, but they only mate ...

The Maryland Zoo and Johns Hopkins both turn 150 this year, and for decades they've collaborated on conservation work that ...

Bioluminescent fireworms engaging in a mating ritual in Colorado Lagoon drew crowds over the weekend, but they only mate ...

A new study published in Engineering reveals that cinnamic acid, a widely used food additive found in cinnamon, can effectively inhibit ...

Talk about a spring fling. The annual mating ritual of garter snakes is underway, where multiple males intertwine with a ...

The California two-spot octopus is a solitary creature. How exactly they manage to find suitable mates has been one of the ocean’s best-kept secrets. Now scientists have discovered that male octopuses ...

Weizmann Institute researchers find that yeast born to preferred partners are fitter than those from one-night stands, ...

The stag beetle Prosopocoilus hachijoensis is the only flightless species of the genus Prosopocoilus in Japan. Researchers at ...