A step can be when you put one foot in front of the other. It can also be a rise from one flat surface to another, like on a staircase. Dances may have fancy steps, or ways that you have to move your feet.
Spider webs are amazing creations made entirely from fluid pushed out from the spider’s body.
My daughter gave me a great book recently that has opened my eyes to the amazing world of fungi.
About 20,000 years ago a silvery fish called the Mexican tetra was trapped in caves.
This year Yellowstone National Park is celebrating its 150th anniversary.
Which came first, the chicken or the goose? That’s what scientists studying 7,000-year-old goose bones were trying to figure out.
Just about anywhere you go in Montana, you may run into a bobcat. No, I don’t mean someone who went to school at Montana State University, whose mascot is the Bobcats. I mean the actual cat, scientifically known as Lynx rufus.
Imagine you are running away from someone. They grab your hand to stop you. You wriggle and your hand pops off, allowing you to run away.
Carnivores are animals that eat meat, like mountain lions, wolves and polar bears.
When someone speaks a different language, you quickly notice the difference. So can dogs.
When chickens gather, some are bossy while others take orders.
Polar bears are traveling farther to find a meal as sea ice in the north shrinks.
More than 2,200 years ago a great sea battle was fought off the northwestern coast of Sicily. Sicily is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, found just off the “toe” of Italy.
Several animals grow hair on their necks, called manes. The word comes from much older words like manu, mano and mon that also mean "neck."
On the morning of Oct. 21, visitors watching wildlife in Yellowstone National Park’s Northern Range were amazed at seeing an adult grizzly bear hunting elk with the Junction Butte wolf pack.
Ruffed grouse make some interesting changes to their bodies that make it possible to live in the snowy mountain region all winter.
Barbary ground squirrels use synchronous vigilance to avoid predators.
Fish use sharks as scratching posts, scientists discover.
Wild turkeys are weird looking birds. They remind me of what some dinosaurs must have looked like, especially their claws.
In the summer as we are enjoying warm weather and sunshine, black bears are making babies.
Owls can turn their heads almost completely around. Why and how do they do this?
Barbary ground squirrels use synchronous vigilance to avoid predators.
Yellowstone Lake measures about 20 miles long and 14 miles wide.
Ever heard of strontium? Sounds like a character in a Marvel Comics movie, someone with superhuman powers.
Don’t be surprised if you look up while at the shopping mall and see a large black bird. It turns out that vultures don’t mind being around humans and towns, and in some cases the birds even benefit.