From snails to skunks, squirrels to cicadas, most of our neighbors are quiet and seldom interact with us, but they play ...

Have you ever wondered if slugs can smile — or if they even have teeth? How a slug eats is surprisingly complex!

Shop owners say the thieves who took 990 pounds of snails must have been escargot cognoscenti. By Ephrat Livni It was not quite the Louvre heist, but for a village in northeastern France, the recent ...

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

Shohei Ohtani is now in rare air after winning his fourth MLB Most Valuable Player award. In fact, only one other player in league history has more MVP awards: Barry Bonds. The all-time home run king ...

After going nearly extinct in the 1990s, these tropical snails have made a fabulous comeback—highlighting the value of carefully planned, long-term conservation projects. Reading time 2 minutes ...

Illustration: Kelsea Petersen / The Athletic, with photos by Michael Martin and China Wong / Getty Images Patrick Brown is quick with a smile. As such, it does not take long to see that Brown has ...

David Avenetti receives funding from the National Institutes of Health (National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research) and the Health Resources and Services Administration. Christina Nicholas ...

Many scientists model biological processes with the study of mice, rats, and even flies, but snails have been especially useful to Dr. Maurine Neiman. She has been a professor of gender, women’s, and ...

I just counted my close friends. The ones I’d actually call if I needed help moving, or who I’d want to know if something truly important happened in my life. The number came to seven. Not 500 ...

How would you go about answering the question “How many people have ever lived on this planet?” If you type that into Google or an artificial intelligence chatbot, you’ll get an answer pretty ...

My name is Cori Ritchey, and I am an exercise physiology nerd turned fitness journalist, and the fitness editor at Women’s Health. When I’m not writing, editing, and researching fitness, I’m teaching ...