A research team from the INMA Project (Childhood and Environment) has analyzed how pet ownership during early childhood may ...

Microplastics are everywhere: in our food, our water, even our bloodstream. This edition of Truth or Trend uncovers what the ...

Learn how leaf piles, dead stems, and natural shelters support overwintering insects and animals in your backyard.

When I drained my fish pond this year, hoping to find snakehead or catfish, all I found were rough, armored suckermouth ...

On Oct. 23, Calvin University welcomed 11 baby spotted turtles from John Ball Zoo as a part of a program aimed to strengthen ...

Tucked away in the eastern edge of South Dakota lies a geological wonderland that feels like it was teleported from another planet. Palisades State Park near Garretson is the kind of place that makes ...

Michigan’s only state park on Lake Erie might be the state’s best-kept secret. The lagoons and marshlands create a bird-watcher’s paradise where you might spot bald eagles, herons, and egrets. It’s ...

Scientists analyzed thousands of autopsies of seabirds, sea turtles and marine mammals and found that even small amounts of ...

Ocean plastic kills sea creatures. For the first time, researchers examined data to find out how much it takes. The answer: ...

Learn how these slow-moving creatures recycle nutrients through their poop to keep coral reefs thriving and oceans balanced.

The Turtle Back Zoo this year joined the relatively few U.S. zoos — perhaps a dozen or fewer among the 250 accredited by the ...

The Turtle Back Zoo this year joined the relatively few U.S. zoos that routinely give the public a view of veterinary care.