If you are a frequent reader of The Marietta Times you have noticed that wildlife is a frequent subject of the daily photo that runs on page 2 of the newspaper. Since 2017 we have featured deer, ...

Intriguing examples of craftiness, deception and dishonesty in nature. Creatures camouflaged, the harmless mimicking the ...

This small town in Colorado was once an important railroad junction. Today, it's full of affordable attractions, nature spots ...

Thanks to scientists’ continuous pursuit of uncovering the unknown, our surprisingly limited knowledge of Earth’s ...

Orb weaving spiders belong to the family Araneidae, which includes thousands of species, such as the banded garden spider (Argiope trifasciata) and Araneus diadematus. Their webs, which they construct ...

The world’s most dangerous spider just got deadlier. And they’re on the move, with a baby already bitten this season.

Four new species of tarantulas, including one new genus, have been described from India’s Western Ghats mountains. A concerning trend shows that 25% of newly described tarantula species since 2000 ...

We are making additions to: Van der Laan, R., W. N. Eschmeyer & R. Fricke 2014 (11 Nov.), Family-group names of Recent fishes. Zootaxa Monograph 3882 (1), 1-230. DOI 10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 Download ...

A Chinese scientist has named 16 new spider species after songs by popular "Mandopop ... according to state media outlet Xinhua. "Naming spiders after Jay Chou's songs brings scientific research ...

In fact, Drosophila melanogaster has been one of the most important species for science for more than a century. Were it not for these flies, some of the most significant scientific discoveries ...

And a pygmy pipehorse floating in the Indian Ocean shallows. These wild wonders were among the hundreds of previously unknown species of animals, plants and fungi that scientists named and ...