Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. When we think about the scope of our world’s diversity, ...

Dr. Joe Guevara does the daily work of a large-animal veterinarian, including long hours, travel between farms and caring for animals that require immediate attention. He explains how the job combines ...

Due to its vast size — stretching from Canada and Greenland in the north, to Mexico in the south — North America contains a vast range of habitats. From land to sea, there are forests, mountains, ...

Everyone knows that animals come in all shapes and sizes, and millions of years ago, some of those animals were absolutely enormous. Today, if you look across the land of North America, the biggest ...

Some extinct mammals from Australia's Mammoth Cave included (from left) a giant long-nosed echidna, a short-faced kangaroo, a wombat-like marsupial and a Tasmanian thylacine. - Peter Schouten Recent ...

Tissue optical clearing is a fundamental technique that enhances light penetration deep into biological samples by reducing light scattering through refractive index homogenization. This process ...