We expel carbon dioxide as waste. Naked mole rats bathe their brains in it to prevent seizures. The unique animals thrive ...

Moles aren’t all bad – they aerate the soil, deposit natural fertilizer and eat grubs that can harm your landscaping. Unless ...

Moles in your yard offer benefits like soil aeration, free fertilization, and pest control by eating harmful insect grubs.

Not every animal needs a pack to get by. Some prefer the solo route. They hunt, travel, and survive all on their own. These self-sufficient creatures adapted to thrive without backup, from dense ...

The shift from lizard-like sprawl to upright walking in mammals wasn’t a smooth climb up the evolutionary ladder. Instead, it ...

Leafcutter ants live in highly organized colonies where every ant has a job, and now researchers can flip those jobs like a switch. By manipulating just two neuropeptides, scientists can turn ...

Scientists have long wondered how mammals, including humans, evolved to walk with their legs under their bodies instead of ...

With all the rainfall, trees and shrubs have had substantial growth. But this lush growth is also appealing to wildlife in ...

In eusocial superorganisms like leafcutter ant colonies, labor is divvied up according to body shape and size, but University ...

Here’s how to tell if you have moles and what to do about them. If your yard is riddled with bumps and ridges, you may have some underground neighbors: Moles! These small mammals spend most of their ...

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