From wolves navigating the night to monarch butterflies crossing continents, animals constantly adjust their behavior to survive. These adaptations are shaped by natural rhythms, environmental ...

Spanish neuroscientist Félix Viana will coordinate an international project to study the molecular basis of cold perception funded by The Human Frontier Science Program. With a multidisciplinary ...

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 ...

Climate change is melting away glaciers around the world, but in the Andes Mountains, a wild relative of the llama is helping local ecosystems adapt to these changes by dropping big piles of dung.

How do intermittent events like hurricanes impact natural selection? How do animals adapt to challenging weather? A University of Rhode Island professor has set out to track natural selection in the ...