If we're being honest, the Omiltemi cottontail rabbit (Sylvilagus insonus) is not much to look at. It's a fairly conventional bunny: long ears, strong hind legs, short tail, a little chubby.

As the 65-foot Nanny rolls 20 degrees to port and then to starboard, the half dozen or so hunting dogs aboard look alarmed. It’s hard to blame them. The wooden boat is making a rough winter ...

A rarely seen megamouth shark (Megachasma pelagios) was recently spotted in east Africa for the very first time. It was recorded in a market in Zanzibar, where it was being sold after being ...

It’s an observation as old as humans gathering around campfires: Light at night can draw an erratically circling crowd of insects. In art, music and literature, this spectacle is an enduring ...

Snakes occupy a particularly negative position in human consciousness. They are seen as mindless, anti-social, malevolent creatures. Something to be feared and difficult to relate to. A recent ...

Leucism, piebaldism and albinism fall under a suite of skin pigmentation disorders called hypomelanosis. Although animals afflicted with these deficiencies share similarities, the conditions can ...

It's World Snake Day, which means the time has come to once again test your serpent-spotting skills! An image of a superbly camouflaged copperhead was recently shared on Reddit leading to ...

Last month, Indiana-resident Kathy Spiegel was snapping photos of bullfrogs at a local pond in her hometown when a flash of turquoise caught her eye. On closer inspection, she discovered an all ...

These big-eyed birds are found in tropical Central and South America where they spend their days resting beneath the rainforest canopy pretending to be trees. Potoos are nocturnal, so to avoid ...

Mosquitoes. Hordes of them, buzzing in your ears and biting incessantly, a maddening nuisance without equal. And not to mention the devastating health impacts caused by malaria, Zika virus and ...

Big cats – like lions, leopards and tigers – are among the few animals with enough brawn and moxie to take on a full-grown crocodilian. While these predators certainly target the occasional ...

For expecting parents, choosing just the right crib can be a bit of a nightmare, but generally speaking, setting up your progeny near a a bubbling plume of iron sulphide and superheated water is ...