The intelligence of crows is remarkable, and terrifying if you are a toad.

Have you ever been drifting off to sleep when suddenly you hear what sounds like a gunshot, a door slamming, or an explosion inside your head? You jolt awake, heart pounding, sit upright in bed, but ...

My eight-year-old son Paul sat on the middle seat as our rented 12-foot cypress boat plied a sluggish northwesterly course to ...

March 20 is World Frog Day. Frogs and toads have inhabited Earth for hundreds of millions of years, but 40% of amphibians species are now at risk of extinction, according to the latest conservation ...

An underwater observatory recently detected a startlingly energetic cosmic neutrino. One possible cause involves a phenomenon that so far exists only in theory. By Dennis Overbye On Feb. 13, 2023, a ...

The fighting continues in the Middle East, and oil’s back on the move, as the clock ticks on President Donald Trump’s five-day deadline for resolving differences with Iran. That’s the backdrop for ...

CHICAGO— The Center for Biological Diversity today sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over its decision to not protect the Illinois chorus frog under the Endangered Species Act. The frogs’ spring ...

In a stroke of luck, astronomers saw the comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) break into four or five fragments in November after it passed close to the sun. By Robin George Andrews Astronomers on Wednesday ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Fifty years ago, in a small San Francisco office above a fast-food restaurant, a ...

The Minnesota Statewide FrogWatch, our annual frog and toad survey, sends volunteers to wetlands in cities, suburbs and rural areas — anywhere the amphibians might be croaking, quacking or peeping.