It’s a cool morning in the montane rainforest of western Rwanda’s Nyungwe National Park. Sunbeams stream down from the canopy, glowing in the mist. Birdsong pierces the still air. Jacques Habimana, a ...

In a remarkable display of self-sacrifice, baby ants infected with a deadly fungus deliberately signal worker ants to kill them. This extreme measure prevents the spread of disease, protecting the ...

New research shows that terminally ill baby ants tell other ants to kill them, potentially protecting the rest of the colony from their infection. In a study published today in the journal Nature ...

The zoo announced Friday that on the morning of Dec. 7, zookeepers discovered Kivuli, the black-and-white colobus monkey, had ...

A tiny baby monkey is a very big deal for Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo. The newborn black-handed spider monkey was born just ...

Ant pupae are unable to move, however, so they've developed a unique mechanism that leads them to sacrifice their own life for the betterment of the nest. Researchers in Austria have discovered that ...

We are on this chessboard Earth, we attempt our moves, but at times it seems as if the great hand of a disinterested giant ...

Children across Watauga County have penned their Christmas wishes to Santa Claus this year, and their letters reveal equal measures of childhood wonder and creativity.

Preschool, Mrs. Starnes A note from Mrs. Starnes's preschool class for Santa Claus: We are hoping this greeting makes it ...