Carbon is the chemical element found in the greenhouse gas CO₂ emitted from fossil fuels burned in cars, factories and other ...

The sting from a geographic cone snail is potent enough to kill a human. Learn all about this fascinating predatory snail.

The small, clumsy fish isn’t the strongest or fastest creature living in Puget Sound. But it has developed other tools to ...

SNAPPING TURTLES are a common reptile in Iowa. Their scientific name is Chelydrda serpentina. Adults have a big head, a long ...

Snow crab stocks in Alaska’s Bering Sea, which crashed a few years ago, have recovered enough to allow a modest harvest ...

BRIXHAM, England — Expecting his normal catch of plaice, turbot and Dover sole, Arthur Dewhirst was surprised when his nets ...

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Read on for some chilling curiosities from the creatures of the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute ...

It makes sense to want your exposure to be as low as possible," Dr. Joseph Mercola, a board-certified family medicine osteopathic physician, said in an email.  Microplastics can enter our food because ...

A Silicon Valley-based nonprofit has raised about $1.4 million of its $40-million target to protect California coastal sea ...

Josh Wilkie and Fabio Galarce leaned over the side of their boat and hauled up a basket full of oysters, each just an inch or ...

Renée Wilson, with Audubon Florida, recently provided an update on conservation land funding in Lee and Collier counties.