Some feathered dinosaurs like Anchiornis huxleyi may have lost the ability to fly, revealing that the evolution of flight was ...

New research on a four-winged dinosaur reveals it was secondarily flightless, with a wing structure and molting pattern.

Molting, that periodic ritual in which arthropods shed and replace their outer skeletons, can be a dangerous time for the creatures. Just ask the trilobite. Research published by a Michigan State ...

Molting -- the technical definition of which is the shedding of old feathers, hair, or skin, or an old shell, to make way for new growth -- is a term that aptly describes an area of opportunity for ...

Photo Caption: Margot, the Wellsummer, went through an ugly molting season. (Journal photo by Lacey Vilhauer.) It’s fall, and your chicken coop looks like a massacre happened inside with the number of ...

Molting is one of the most critical and vulnerable times in a tarantula’s life, requiring precise care and an optimal environment. From maintaining the right humidity to providing a safe enclosure ...

Tarantulas are one of many animals that undergo an energy-intensive molting process. When a tarantula sheds its exoskeleton, it can also regenerate lost or damaged limbs. Many people mistake a molting ...

A nature photographer captured images of a striped snake molting in a rice paddy in Shiga Prefecture, a rare observation even among serpents in captivity. With the weather warming up, snakes have ...

A newly fledged eastern bluebird perched placidly on the edge of our birdbath while enjoying the cooling effect from a miniature waterfall created by the recirculating water pump. Its parents perched ...

Several locals have reported "unusual amounts of dead horseshoe crabs" washing up on Massachusetts beaches in recent days. However, officials say the spectacle is no cause for concern, as they're just ...