Reptiles in open habitats evolved brighter colors over time. This helped them reflect sunlight and survive climate change.

Animals often get labeled as either predators or prey. But in the wild, survival isn’t always a one-animal job. Some species form partnerships that help them find food, avoid danger, or raise young.

From fireflies to comb jellies, here is a list of eight animals that naturally glow in the dark. Fireflies use flashing light to attract mates, but begin emitting light even as larvae. The glowworm ...

One of the more amazing facts about animals is how so many of them use camouflage to either hide from predators or even hide from potential prey. A well-camouflaged animal simply blends into its ...

The experts recorded cuttlefish targeting crabs and noticed a striking display that seems to distract the prey’s ...

A quick reminder that today is April Fools' Day, so be careful, everything may not be what you are expecting. There are ...

Growing up, I can remember almost all of the tattered and worn posters that adorned the classrooms of my school. Many of them had historical timelines, periodic tables, and the ...

Watching this cuttlefish hunting with the passing-stripe display is like being mesmerised by the tricks of a skilled ...

The discovery disputes the common theory that the cuttlefish uses a form of hypnotization to capture its prey; the prey likely just doesn’t even see the cuttlefish, and rather a confusing patterned ...

While sneaking up on prey, cuttlefish employ a dynamic skin display to avoid detection in the last moments of approach, ...

The Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC), as mandated by federal law, oversees and evaluates all aspects of the institution's animal care and use program. The IACUC assures that animal ...

Evolving roughly 27 different times in the long history of fish, bioluminescence -- the biological production of light -- is one of the flashier survival tools used for luring prey, communication, and ...