"In the deepening twilight, the pines edging my backyard merge into a wall of shadow. I hold my breath, staring hard into the ...

Fire salamanders—one of Europe's most well-researched amphibians—are biofluorescent, which means they can absorb light from ...

Glow worms and slime moulds might sound like something from outer space, but they're actually organisms found in Scotland's rainforest. According to NatureScot, the country has about 30,000 hectares ...

The fried calamari is in. Boat captains are taking what the ocean is giving them and right now that is squid and all ...

A citizen science project is aiming to document species on the Cowal Peninsula for the first time in 50 years.

It took 139 years to understand what caused the mysterious “Angel’s Glow” at the Battle of Shiloh.

Somewhere in the pitch-black water column off the Galápagos Islands, a translucent worm drifted in front of a deep-sea camera ...

The free Stewards & Storytellers Learning Series returns with another season of evenings exploring the natural and cultural heritage of western North Carolina. From bioluminescence and native plants t ...

Researcher Brad Herrick holds a handful of invasive jumping worms in Madison, Wisconsin. Herrick says the University of Wisconsin is beginning to study the possible impacts of the worms on agriculture ...

New research is shaking up our understanding of evolution by revealing that some species may not evolve gradually at all. Instead, scientists discovered that certain marine worms experienced an ...

“Glow” skin-care treatments have skyrocketed in popularity thanks to the promise of a more youthful look. More recently the trend has morphed with another craze — injectable peptides — to create ...

Claire Gillespie is an experienced health and wellness writer. Her work appears across several publications including SELF, Women’s Health, Health, Vice, Headspace, and The Washington Post. Many bugs ...