A burrowing owl sits inside an entry tube of an artificial burrow. Jason Fidorra Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Pasco, WA In Washington, burrowing owls are rare. Their population has ...

In the mountains of northern Vietnam, two “dragon” creatures were discovered on the limestone. Minh Triet via Unsplash In the northern mountains of Vietnam, “dragons” don’t appear as ...

It was in this environment, deep in the caves at the base of a mountain in Na Hang Nature Reserve, that researchers discovered a new species of pale millipede. The species, named Sinocallipus ...

Millipedes, sometimes called “1,000-legged worms,” are a prime example in the animal kingdom of false advertising. Millipedes are not worms nor do their small bodies yield such an excessive ...

There's plenty of air in the tiny spaces between grains of sand; the problem for sand-burrowing animals is how to get that air into their lungs while keeping the sand out ...

Within those glands are microscopic factories capable of manufacturing multiple toxic compounds. Giant centipedes, which, just like spiders, are arthropods, use these tools to hunt prey — everything ...