A new study of fireflies suggests a new model of how these beetles light up.

In a new Research Frontiers video, University of Arkansas biologist J.D. Willson and his graduate students search for reptiles and amphibians at Woolsey Wet Prairie Sanctuary on the outskirts of Fayetteville. Willson’s research group has found rare species in the restored prairie wetland, such as the Graham’s crayfish snake and the crawfish frog.

Rodents of unusual size 17 times more likely on islands than elsewhere

Moose saliva may, in fact, "detoxify" the grass before it is eaten

The first species of Yeti Crab from hydrothermal vent systems of the East Scotia Ridge in the Southern Ocean, Antarctica, has been described by a team of British scientists.

University of Florida researchers have found a light trap that monitors mosquitoes more effectively, while ferreting out bugs no one wants or needs to kill.

Researcher finds that dinosaur's teeth were more intricate than reptiles', mammals.'

As the state’s land-grant institution, Cornell University was born to explore science for the public good – a mission that can sometimes require a leap of faith.

Everyone knows that a plate of food doesn’t look as delicious after you’ve already eaten a big meal. But imagine if your internal state actually made you blind to food.

Accessing the brain to unravel its structure and function is one of the greatest scientific challenges. This delicate structure consists of many regions—all made from many, many parts and even more connections—that communicate through chemical and electrical mechanisms.

About 3 percent of smalltooth sawfish from Florida estuary are products of “virgin birth.”

Newly discovered nerve cells trigger locomotion and deliver information on movement velocity to the spatial memory systems