Biodiversity

Light pollution is dangerous for birds flying over towns and cities. Here’s how you can help

These incredible corals form what may be one of the world’s largest reef systems—and researchers have a plan to restore it

Using a synchrotron powered CT scanner, the Antscan project created an open-source digital library cataloguing thousands of 3D ant specimens

A Dutch lock is closed for the spring, and its employees want you to tell them when migrating fish come knocking by ringing a digital doorbell

These amorous creatures could put Casanova to shame—from beguiling dancing seahorses to peacocking spiders

Anglerfish have invisible fangs, narwhal tusks are extra-long canines, and more facts from the weird and wonderful study of teeth will astound you

In Absolution, the fourth novel in Jeff VanderMeer’s Southern Reach saga, scientists try to know the unknowable

Quirky perspectives, separated lovebirds and a tobogganing penguin star in 2024 winners of the world’s largest bird photography competition

Scientists finally know how a gelatinous deep-sea creature keeps its cells from paralysis under pressure

However much outdoor space you have, here’s how to use it for conservation

In a new nature documentary about matriarchal species, the males are mostly absent

This newfound crab species' body size is also larger than any other fossil crab—but its modern day descendent is even bigger