If you look quickly, you might mistake the ghost mantis for a dead leaf. Its decorative appearance is one of its best tools.

Scientists found a “pygmy” creature with “leaf”-like toes in rocky a crevice of South Africa and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Courtney Hundermark via Conradie, Hundermark, Kemp ...

Scientist Inna Birchenko began to cry as she described the smouldering protected forest in Thailand where she was collecting ...

Camouflage takes many forms in the natural world. Some animals are born with skin or coats that blend in naturally with their environment. Some Old World lizards like the chameleon have an almost ...

The new species is dark brown with a body about 2 inches long. Scales on its legs and abdomen reflect a deep “purplish blue sheen” immediately after molting researchers said.

A major new study has revealed that tropical forests across the Americas are not adapting quickly enough to climate change, ...