A psychedelic spider, sign of spring, a loud primate and more make Fauna & Flora’s 2026 Species to Watch List.

Take part in the inaugural Gainesville Folk Festival beginning at noon Jan. 10 and continuing through the evening of Jan. 11 ...

From sharks and anacondas to bears and enormous crocodiles, the creatures humans fear in nature have often been portrayed as ...

Killing the protected animals may be the only way to stop them from eating too many of the Pacific Northwest’s endangered ...

With copper-blue blood prized by modern medicine and a body plan older than dinosaurs, the horseshoe crab reveals how ancient ...

Denise’s pygmy seahorse, barely larger than a fingernail, blends perfectly with its coral home. Found in the western Pacific, ...

Octopus and other cephalopods are good at hiding themselves—and are inspiring cutting-edge technologies that may help us do ...

The Namib desert of south-western Africa can be extremely hot—the surface temperature can be over 50°C. But a surprising number of around 200 beetle species live on its bare, inhospitable-looking sand ...

Decades ago, India’s tigers were on the brink of extinction. Slowly, their numbers have rebounded. But that ecological success has prompted a dire problem—and a race to save many of them from genetic ...

The water may look clearer at first, but it comes with a downside. Experts issue warning after discovering harmful creatures ...