Today, only one species of the spiny dormouse survives, in southern India. However, the oldest spiny dormouse in evolutionary ...

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Dozens of spiny water fleas are entangled on a fishing line. The animals, which are smaller than a fingernail and invasive in the Northeast, are often transported between water bodies on fishing ...

The spiny mouse is an unassuming rodent, but it’s armed with a very special tail. CT scans show the tail is sheathed in a secret blanket of bony plates. Before the scans, only one other group of ...

The spiny leaf insect mother not only abandons her eggs, she's also figured out how to trick someone else into protecting and ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

A juvenile Japanese spiny lobster has been captured along the coast of the northern main island of Hokkaido, a discovery that scientists primarily attribute to rising seawater temperatures due to ...

Val Brady and Donn Branstrator, University of Minnesota Duluth scientists, were at a boat landing on Island Lake north of Duluth when one of Brady’s neighbors happened to show up to go fishing. The ...

Los Angeles chefs have found unique ways to showcase spiny lobster by using it in toasted rolls, topping it with caviar or serving it raw. Since they don’t have claws, the tail is the focus when it ...