More than one-third of all animals on Earth, from beetles to cows to elephants, depend on plant-based diets. Plants are a low-calorie food source, so it can be challenging for animals to consume ...

Black soldier fly larvae from Decatur's Innovafeed production facility are what's for dinner at chicken coops and backyard ...

We've ranked the animals being pushed to the edge of extinction by climate change and habitat loss, culminating in the ...

In a bid to lessen the harmful effects from conventional ways of disposing of plastics, scientists in Kenya have found a ...

Insects survive winter by hibernating, a process called diapause. They prepare using day length cues, slow metabolism, or ...

Climate change is reducing the nutritional value of plants due to rising CO2 levels, causing nutrient dilution and affecting the food web. • Faster-growing plants contain fewer nutrients like protein, ...

One of North Carolina’s smallest bat species is on the brink of extinction. But an unlikely ally is developing a plan to help ...

Researchers have found that stick insects keep evolving the same 20 body plans, from the "tree lobster'" to the "bark hugger" ...

You are standing in a forest in the middle of winter and the temperature has dropped below zero. The ground is covered in ...

We spoke to two gardening experts on ways to attract birds to the garden without a birdhouse, including native plants, ...