Commonly used plastics can affect earthworms, plant growth and pH of soil.

While many people now keep chickens or ducks in their backyards, there has been little research into how many of these birds are carrying dangerous pathogens or what flock owners are doing to prevent pathogens from spreading until now.

Looking like a cross between a frog and a lizard, the gray cheek salamander has thin, smooth skin and no lungs. 

An international team of scientists has discovered two new species of electric eel, one of which delivers 860 volts; the highest level of electricity generated by any living creature.

No more than 540 million years ago there was a huge boom in the diversity of animals on Earth. 

In the 1920s, scientists identified aurora trout as a new species native only to northeastern Ontario.

Stringing together meaningless sounds to create meaningful signals is a core feature of human language. 

The creative ways animals, plants and computers have of using every drop of water when the temperatures rise.

A gene newly associated with the migratory patterns of golden-winged and blue-winged warblers could lend insight into the longstanding question of how birds migrate across such long distances.

For millennia, the massive Tibetan mastiff has laid literal claim to the label “top dog.”