NCpedia states that, until the early 1940s, the colors of the University of North Carolina - blue and white - were generally accepted as the state's unofficial colors. In 1945, the State Colors bill ...

In the natural world -- where predators pounce, prey flee, and group members feed and sleep in solidarity -- animal behavior is glorious in its variety. Now, new research suggests there may be an ...

The team packed the hellbenders up and drove to a river in Middle Tennessee, where biologists donned wet suits and snorkels and hopped into the cold streams. They deposited the hellbenders under the ...

The existence of any prehistoric apex predators in the islands of the Caribbean used to be doubted. While their absence would have probably made it even more of a paradise for prey animals, fossils ...

Much like our house cats, which are obligate carnivores, snakes need the nutrients that only raw food provides. You could call some of them cannibals, because there are cannibalistic tendencies within ...

Scientists have discovered a new meat-eating dinosaur from India, pushing back the timeline of early predators.

Conservation rangers took a video of an endangered, captive snail laying a large egg, revealing insight into the creature’s reproductive process ...

A groundbreaking dinosaur discovery in India reveals Maleriraptor kuttyi, filling a crucial gap in our understanding of ...

Dubbed the “bone collector,” this caterpillar found on a Hawaiian island disguises itself while stalking spider webs for trapped insects to eat.

Carcass caching is not just a survival tactic, it's a complex behavior that reflects the adaptability and resourcefulness of ...

Conservationists have been caring for the snails for two decades, but for the first time have seen how one lays an egg.