Sago palm is often sold as an easy tropical accent, but ASPCA poison control lists it as toxic to both cats and dogs. The ...

Some yard situations need backup, especially when a snake is near a doorway, a play area, or a garage entry. NPIC advises ...

What looks like a rinse is usually a touch test, with water helping the animal read texture, weight, and shape through ...

When a tick is found, many people still delay removal or try home tricks that make things worse. CDC guidance says attached ...

A sudden wave of dead and sick wild birds in New Jersey has pushed local officials into emergency mode, with Canada geese making up most of the reports and at least one town closing lakeside parks as ...

Cone snails look harmless enough to end up in a diver’s palm or a tourist’s pocket. That mistake matters, because some species carry a venom system powerful enough to paralyze fish in seconds and ...

The real reason is less dramatic and more fascinating: Mars looks red mainly because iron-rich dust and rock oxidized over time, while the myth people still get wrong is the name, because Mars is ...

The old habit in biodiversity science was to treat species counts as a mostly settled backdrop, then debate decline, recovery, and risk on top of that. That backdrop is starting to look unstable, and ...

Coastal trips often carry a false sense of distance from danger. Sun, traffic, and beach noise can make critical cues feel ordinary, especially in places where the sea looks calm right after a quake.

A small bird on the ground can change the mood of a full morning, especially in spring and early summer when first flights spill into lawns, sidewalks, and porch steps. Wildlife rehabilitators see the ...

The red crown patch on males is usually hidden, which makes the green body and constant motion the real field marks in many ...

Backyard shelter is often lost through over-cleaning. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service guidance for wildlife-friendly yards ...