Even some animals have two coats: one for summer to match the bare ground and a winter white to match the snow. But the study found some possible refuges for these creatures: Geographic regions that ...

In nature, the ability to change color can be key to survival. Vision is a very important sense in much of the animal kingdom, and many animals have come up with unique ways to use this sense to ...

In a rainforest, small animals survive by hiding. By blending in with their environment until danger passes, many unique ...

An aerial view of regenerating secondary tropical forest in the Barro Colorado Nature Monument, Panama. Credit: Christian Ziegler, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior Note to editors: Images are ...

A lot of attention has been paid to how climate change can drive biodiversity loss. Now, MIT researchers have shown the reverse is also true: Reductions in biodiversity can jeopardize one of Earth’s ...