Scientists compared genomes from 154 animal species and found that land animals share genetic tricks for surviving outside ...

Secondly, for animals to hold their breath, they need lungs, said John Spicer, a marine zoologist at the University of Plymouth in the U.K. "Holding breath only applies to animals with lungs and even ...

Imagine you could live and breathe as comfortably underwater as you could on the land. Fascinating, isn’t it? While this may not be naturally possible for humans, some animals are built to thrive in ...

Animals from completely different branches of the tree of life, such as insects, worms and vertebrates, independently evolved ...

The semi-arid Kalahari Desert stretches over parts of Namibia, South Africa, and Botswana. It’s an ecological wonderland that isn’t like your average super dry desert. It gets a lot more rain, which ...

Getting caught in the rain or sweating through a heatwave is nothing compared to what some animals deal with every day. These wild survivors are built for the harshest places on Earth, and they ...