Erratic rain patterns and dried-up streams disrupt the breeding cycles of endemic amphibians like the Malabar tree toad.

With delicate, leaf-like structures covering its body, the leafy seadragon is one of the ocean’s most extraordinary masters ...

At first glance, a cougar and a jaguar might appear to belong to the same mould. Both are solitary hunters, both sit near the ...

Hidden in the lightless depths of the ocean, the anglerfish has evolved one of the most terrifying hunting strategies in ...

Fireflies are technically beetles. Growing up, Clyde Sorenson loved catching bugs, especially fireflies. But even as a kid, the budding entomologist saw that there was a lot more to these soft-bodied ...

The praying mantis is far more than a creepy-looking insect. With incredible vision, a head that can rotate to track prey, ...

For animals such as fish and insects that can’t control their body temperature, heat waves could be particularly detrimental.

Melissa Hobson, doing business as The Ocean Writer Ltd., is a marine science and conservation writer based in Hastings. She ...