In the natural world, survival isn’t always about being the fastest or the strongest. Often, it is about having a trick that avoids a fight or solves a problem in a way that seems bizarre to humans.

Explore a South Dakota reptile garden that surprises visitors with its strange and fascinating collection of reptiles and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Most people picture blood as red: bright and oxygen-rich ...

Walk around the Cincinnati Zoo for an hour or so and it’s easy to think of the place as a neighborhood. Sure, the neighbors hang from trees and poop in their living rooms, but the similarities to a ...

It has been a month since Samba the capybara escaped from Marwell Zoo in Hampshire - and the hunt to find her is still ongoing. But she is far from the only animal escapee in the region. From wolves ...