Most mammals wear coats of brown, black, and gray, while parrots flash brilliant reds, reef fish shimmer in electric blue, and chameleons shift between greens and golds. This disparity is not random.

In 1890, Akeley made a diorama of a muskrat habitat, complete with a background mural. This was the world's first museum habitat diorama and the beginning of the “Milwaukee Style,” the revolutionary ...

While exploring ancient seabeds in Morocco, scientists discovered strange wrinkle-like textures in deep-water sediments that shouldn’t have been there. These structures are usually made by ...