University of British Columbia researchers have discovered that contrary to common belief, species do not evolve faster in warmer climates.

Lizards that signal to rivals with a visual display "shout" to get their point across, UC Davis researchers have found.

Poorly managed marine fisheries are in trouble around the world, researchers say, while ecosystem-based management is a powerful idea that in theory could help ensure sustainable catches - but too often there's a gap in translating broad concepts into specific action in the oceans that successfully meets these larger goals.

Female eider ducks are well known to team up and share the work of rearing ducklings, but it now appears that they also negotiate not only how much effort each puts into the partnership, but also profit-sharing. An international group of scientists used a long-running study of the eider population in a Finnish archipelago to test predictions about how each hen seeks to maximize her benefits from the partnership without making it so unattractive that other hens withdraw their participation.

Frogs, newts, lizards and some fish can grow new parts -- why not people?

The giraffe's elongated neck has long been used in textbooks as an illustration of evolution by natural selection, but this common example has received very little experimental attention.

Mongoose is one more rare find in the mountains of Southern Tanzania

The story of the Virgin Mary is what gives meaning to Christmas. And now, Chester Zoo has a nativity story of its own - and a dragon's tale that promises to turn the traditional concepts of the birds and the bees on its head.