It’s estimated that at least one million plants and animals are trafficked each day. The black market is a lucrative business ...

Water is the essence of life; yet in the natural world, there are many examples of the opposite being true. There are many creatures that need access to water on a regular basis, but there are also ...

Around 66 million years ago, a gigantic asteroid smashed into Earth and wreaked chaos globally. It's not too surprising that size would be linked to survival, Lacovara said. On land, "it's pretty ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Drought is a slow-moving catastrophe for most animals. Yet ...

Getting enough oxygen in the water can be hard work. While fish and many other aquatic animals take air directly from the water through gills, other animals find ingenious ways to drag air bubbles ...

Some migrate, others hibernate and many just hunker down and wait for warmer days. Many birds migrate south for the winter. We all have looked up into the sky as the giant V-shaped flocks honk their ...

The next time you go wild swimming, whether in a lake, river or sea, you are probably sharing the water with one of your tiniest, yet closest relatives. Choanoflagellates, like most single celled ...