Scott Kemp first saw glow-in-the-dark millipedes in the Illawarra 18 years ago, but he had no idea he was making a significant scientific discovery.

Ram's horn shells are small, delicate spiral structures beachcombers can commonly find throughout the world.

Human eyes are very complex and are good at doing many jobs at once, while spiders have different sorts of eyes that do different jobs.

New insights might help unravel key secrets about safeguarding mitochondria. By Philip Ball.

Scientists have rediscovered a mysterious marine invertebrate that was first identified over a century ago. By Tia Ghose.

True to its name, the mimic octopus impersonates a variety of other animals on the fly, morphing from an octopus to a banded sole to a lionfish to a sea snake. By Matt Simon.

Jebus. The stupidity of the media is maddening. Here are two articles now out there: Don't freak out, but scientists think octopuses 'might be aliens' after DNA study and Octopuses ‘are aliens’, sc...

They’re slippery, clever, and adaptable, and a fascinating new book showcases evidence that these eight-legged terrors of the deep may even be able to think and feel.

Some species of jumping spiders use filters in their eyes to see colors like red and orange—an unexpected discovery.