AFRICA: CREATURES consuming species that contain deadly toxins have evolved a suite of clever strategies to stay alive. The ...

Cane toads, aka bufo toads, in Florida secrete a toxin that can harm or even kill animals that lick, bite or eat them, ...

The golden poison dart frog appeared small, colorful, and harmless at first glance. In reality, its skin carried enough toxin to kill dozens of adults with minimal contact. Few predators ever survived ...

A bacterium living quietly in the intestines of a tiny tree frog has done something cancer researchers spend careers chasing: ...

NEARLY EVERY DAY, I eat a handful of almonds. I chew them until I’m done, and I don’t miss them when they’re gone. I eat them like they’re vitamins. Because, as everyone knows, almonds are great for ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." NEARLY EVERY DAY, I eat a handful of almonds. I chew them until I’m done, and I don’t miss them when they ...

In a new study, 79 percent of black-spotted pond frogs successfully consumed the northern giant hornet. Shinji Sugiura / Kobe University For a mouse several times its size, a sting from the “murder ...

New research shows that terminally ill baby ants tell other ants to kill them, potentially protecting the rest of the colony from their infection. In a study published today in the journal Nature ...

Many people today simply assume that our evolution has quietly ended with the development of the modern human. It's easy to think that medicine, science, and modern living have made us "perfect" or ...

The Ohio State Buckeyes' mascot is named after the Ohio buckeye, the state tree. Ohio buckeye trees can grow up to 60 feet tall and drop their nuts in the fall. All parts of the buckeye tree are ...