Learn how animals survive in the Mojave Desert and what defines a robot. Explore how animals have adapted to the harsh Mojave Desert climate with help from the Springs Preserve. Then Dr. Louis Rubbo ...

In India’s harsh deserts, spiny-tailed lizards subtly change diets with seasons, storing energy for winter and shifting food ...

What do crayfish and the metal mercury tell us about clean water? What do animal adaptations tell us about their environment. Meet a scientist who studies crayfish and hopes they will show him how ...

Nevada designated the desert bighorn sheep as its state animal in 1973, citing its toughness and ability to survive extreme desert conditions. After dropping to about 2,000 animals in the 1960s, ...

Andrew Hess, Ph.D., earned his doctorate in interdepartmental genetics (animal breeding and genetics, with a statistics minor) from Iowa State University in 2016. He is an assistant professor of ...

Minnesota has reported the U.S.'s first ruminant—a group of animals including cattle, sheep, and goats—to test positive for avian influenza. Results are in from a study led by Dr. Juzhi Hou, Dr. Fahu ...

The Earth is full of remarkable species, and the wood frog (Lithobates sylvaticus) is certainly one of them. This small critter is the only amphibian on the planet that lives north of the Arctic ...