Use repellants on exposed skin if you must be outdoors. Oil of lemon eucalyptus, picaridin and higher concentrations of DEET ...

Hippos are large, semi-aquatic mammals with a barrel-shaped body, short legs, and a large head. They have gray or brownish-gray skin, with pinkish areas around their eyes, mouth, and ears. Hippos are ...

Their huge wings allow them to glide on air currents while expending minimal energy, enabling them to spend long periods at sea. They feed on fish, squid, and krill, and can even drink salty seawater.

Marine biologist Carrie Newell photographed four blue whales — the largest animals on Earth — 3 miles off Depoe Bay.

Africa's tropical belt, defined by the Guinean forests of west Africa and the Congo Basin of central Africa, is globally ...

Scientists discover and name a colorful, new species of aquarium crayfish, Cherax pulverulentus, hiding in plain sight for decades.

In this article, an innovative encryption technique is developed by getting the inspiration from the natural up-down water wave’s phenomena that changes a reflection on pond’s surface. The plain image ...

Since marine mammals were federally protected, the only course of action for federal and state officials was to find a ...

A 21-year-old man had caught the Sandbar shark while fishing but ended up needing to be evacuated by an air ambulance for ...

On a floodplain in the Democratic Republic of the Congo sat a shrinking pond, doomed to eventually dry up. Inside its murky waters swam a scaly blue creature with "large" yellow eyes. Something about ...

Smaller than wolves, coyotes are reddish-gray animals with bushy tails. While coyotes can live to be 13-15 years old, few make it to this age due to excessive hunting and vehicular accidents. More ...