While an abundance of parasites might seem like a bad thing, their absence actually signals trouble in the environment.

Life cycle playdough mats ended up being one of our favorite ways to explore science at home. My son would get completely focused—rolling tiny eggs, squishing larva, and proudly showing off each stage ...

The Sun goes through an 11-year cycle of activity, going from the solar maximum, where it is covered in many sunspots and is more likely to have flares and coronal mass ejections, to the minimum ...

FORKED RIVER, N.J. (WPVI) -- A second lease on life for animals in need of a home. That's the mission of Popcorn Park Animal Refuge, located in Ocean County, New Jersey. The sanctuary is home to ...

ROME — The Humane Society of Rome has received a donation of $12,282 from the Animals for Animals event, a three-day music festival dedicated to supporting the shelter’s mission of caring for ...

Periodical cicadas are especially unusual because of their long life cycles and their infrequent mass emergences. According to entomologists at the University of Connecticut, periodical cicadas ...