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Researchers use tiny robots to study how ants navigate a labyrinth of networks, from the nest to the food and back again
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A German contemporary artist creates a meditative space—lined with beeswax—at the Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C.
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As Easter draws near, we celebrate creatures that seemingly die and then come back to life
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Animals with shrinking habitats are interbreeding, temporarily boosting populations but ultimately hurting species' survival
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It's a product of the emerging field of terradynamics, which studies the movement of vehicles across shifting surfaces
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Contrary to prior speculation about the elusive creatures, all giant squid belong to a single species and they all share very similar genetics
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An inch and a half long with bright red eyes, the swarm of Brood II cicadas is coming
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Black-crowned night herons have been using the Zoo's grounds for breeding for more than a century and the tradition continues
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Their internal circadian rhythms keep them crowing on schedule, even when the lights are turned off
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The Mariana Trench may serve as a seafloor nutrient trap, supporting remarkable numbers of microorganisms
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The Elephant Community Center, the newest addition to the National Zoo's "Elephant Trails" habitat, opens on Saturday, March 23
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Ribbon worms swallow prey whole, grease themselves with their mucus to slide quickly through mud, split into new worms if severed, and much more
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A study of fossils of prehistoric birds suggests two sets of wings—one set on the creature's hind legs—helped avians stay aloft
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Insect keeper Dan Babbitt of the Natural History Museum explains what makes spiders so cool
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Measuring how coral fluorescence changes may serve as an early indicator of the declining health of a reef
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Zookeepers show that it is possible to teach an old otter new tricks
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40 bucks in cash, a warm sleeping bag and plenty of wine carry the author through his final days in Ecuador, in the remote high country outside of Quito
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From a caterpillar to the Milky Way, the ten finalists in the contest's Natural World category capture the peculiar, the remarkable and the sublime
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Israel battles a swarm of millions of locusts that flew from Egypt that is giving rise to a host of ecological, political and agricultural issues
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A new DNA analysis confirms that an ancient skull found in a Siberian cave was an early ancestor of man's best friend
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