To make sense of some characteristics that species exhibit from birth, you have to turn to an old discredited theory known as Lamarckism.

A collage of medical scans shows parasites throughout a woman's body after she ate raw pork for 10 years. The images came ...

In the underwater world, finding a mate can require some unusual strategies. While many animals compete with strength, colors ...

Drawing on insights shared by federal officials at the USDA, FDA, and CDC during a joint session at the 2026 AVMA Convention, along with the latest federal guidance, agency data, and published ...

The rainbow snake is a large, non-venomous species with a glossy black body marked by three thin red stripes, yellow or pink ...

In a small community plot at Salem’s Sunnyside Gardens in October, Kathy Arnold crouched beside her Swiss chard last October. She turned the soil with a gardening fork until she unearthed what she was ...

Globally, humanity now produces a staggering 450 million tonnes of plastic every year. From food and drink containers to cosmetics packaging, sewage pipes, window frames and polyester clothing, we use ...

New Jersey already has its fair share of pesky bugs — from spotted lanternflies to cicadas to Asian lady beetles. You can now add another critter to the list: Jumping worms. Experts say these worms — ...

Researcher Brad Herrick holds a handful of invasive jumping worms in Madison, Wisconsin. Herrick says the University of Wisconsin is beginning to study the possible impacts of the worms on agriculture ...

Microplastics absolutely saturate the Earth’s environment, and that’s probably not a good thing unless you’re looking for a sediment marker for the Anthropocene period. On the other hand, ...

Earthworms play a key role in improving soil structure and are considered a good indicator of what happens when living organisms ingest tiny plastic particles. The research team, from the University ...