Even as autumn days grow shorter, a warming climate means Ohio winters aren't as cold as they were just a few decades ago, according to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration data. This ...

What has no brain, no nervous system, and not even nerves, yet acts as if it has reflexes? The answer is a Venus fly trap. This famous carnivorous plant captures insects and other small animals – and ...

A simple homemade trap pulls off an unexpected surprise when it starts catching perfect little pets. Instead of tossing them back, they’re given a new home — a DIY plastic bowl aquarium built from ...

A simple fish trap in a shallow creek led to one of the strangest discoveries imaginable: a huge aquarium fish. The unexpected catch shocked the fisherman, raising immediate questions about how such a ...

The Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County has been awarded a $1.8 million grant to clean up marine debris in Long Island Sound. Part of that includes efforts by the Maritime Aquarium in ...

DAYTONA BEACH — On Oct. 1, Daytona Beach started using the New Hope Animal Shelter in DeLand to provide sheltering services for animals brought in through the city's animal control operations. The ...

Climate change may increase the suitability of habitat for invasive mosquito species Through surveillance efforts, Ae. aegypti eggs were detected in a freight storage facility near London Heathrow ...

Momentum is building for a truly national ban on a popular yabby trap which drowns any air-breathing animal that can fit inside it, including the vulnerable platypus.

British primatologist Jane Goodall, who died Wednesday at 91, fostered and wielded vast influence over science and environmental protection across Africa, researchers and conservationists said. She ...

Median noise levels will nearly quadruple across the pan-Arctic by 2030, relative to levels measured in 2019, according to a report produced by the Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment and the ...

Seabirds are thriving and forests regrowing on the islands of Bikar Atoll and Jemo Islet, in the North Pacific, after invasive rodents were eradicated.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...