A great horned owl (Bubo virginianus) was spotted doing the breast stroke in Lake Michigan earlier this week. According to WGN6 in Chicago: [Photographer and birder] Steve Spitzer was at Loyola Park Beach in Chicago’s ...

As the NATURE episode Invasion of the Killer Whales showed, climate change is beginning to have an impact on animals that live in the Arctic, one of the coldest regions on earth. Seasonal ice sheets, the main hunting ...

If you are a regular visitor to the NATURE website, you might have noticed more than a few changes around here. We’ve redesigned and reorganized the website from the ground up, with new features to help you find ...

The New York Times RETROREPORT, a video series that “looks back at the major stories that shaped the world”, recently covered colony collapse disorder (CCD)–a mysterious epidemic that appeared in 2006 ...

Three-toed sloths (Bradypus Variegatus) do everything at glacial speeds–including reproduce. Females give birth once every 15 months and to one baby at a time. Combine that with the fact that sloths live high in ...

Sloths are fascinating creatures–from their Mona Lisa smiles to their lethargic lifestyle to their strange symbiotic relationship with moths. Which of the sloths in A Sloth Named Velcro was your favorite? Did you learn ...

Animal Misfits featured some truly strange animals; from the giant flightless parrot, the kakapo, to the long-fingered lemur, the aye-aye. Which creature was your favorite? Are there any that you’d never heard ...

NATURE kicks off its 33rd season on October 15th, 2014 with Animal Misfits, a program about animals that are odd, bizarre and at first glance seem-ill equipped for survival. Other upcoming episodes include Big Thinkers ...