Female bees and wasps are the real defenders. Only females can sting, because stingers are modified egg-laying organs. Males do nothing in defence. Females guard nests, food, and colonies with extreme ...

Researchers say seven seal pups have tested positive for an avian flu virus at California’s Año Nuevo State Park and several ...

Researchers at UC Davis say news they've dreaded since 2023 has come to pass: California's elephant seals have been infected ...

Southern right whales have distinctive white and gray patches of thickened skin on their heads known as callosities. Because ...

Ever since a deadly strain of avian influenza, H5N1, killed some 17,000 southern elephant seal pups on South American coastlines in 2023 and 2024, researchers and public officials have kept an ...

Wondering what animals live in Mexico? This article showcases 40+ native Mexican animals from diverse species and the ...

The yellow-bellied slider is a semiaquatic turtle, native to southeastern United States, where it is the most common turtle species. As the name suggests, they have a yellow belly that is buried under ...

A harmful algal bloom known as a red tide is causing the mass deaths of crayfish and other ocean life on parts of South ...

Biologists have long wondered why caribou are the only deer in the world in which females—like males—have antlers. A study of ...

Female caribou chew shed antlers to get calcium and phosphorus. These minerals help them produce milk after giving birth.

Scores of sea lions continue to beach themselves along the Southern California coastline, stricken with sickness. Toxic algae ...