The platypus is one of nature’s strangest mammals. This egg-laying animal sweats milk, hunts by sensing electrical signals, carries venomous spurs, and even glows under ultraviolet light. Discover the ...

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My pre-K students always jump at the opportunity to explore nature, and they also love digging into bugs. I previously assumed that lessons about insects were only possible in the springtime, but that ...

Blue Spring State Park in Volusia County isn’t just a great place to spot manatees in the winter and early spring months, the state park also hosts “Firefly Nights.” And the first "Firefly Nights" at ...

You might have noticed that ladybugs are often added to photos of Lindsey Graham, and they’re also sometimes hashtagged ...

On March 27, 2025, somewhere in the Panamanian rainforest, the evolutionary biologist Zeke Rowe was looking for a snack.