In the top layers of soil, microbes digest dead wood and fallen leaves, while threadlike roots release carbon dioxide as they burn energy to stay alive and grow. Together, that CO₂ output is called ...

Rescuers are desperately searching for any remaining survivors after a group of backcountry skiers were swept away by a California avalanche near Lake Tahoe on Tuesday.

Research reveals more short-snouted dogs besides pugs and bulldogs that struggle with breathing. Pekingese and Japanese Chins topped the study's list.

The 'frog' poison that killed Navalny was hard to hide and likely made in a high-end lab, according to a Belgian toxicologist.

Feeding baby vipers isn’t always simple—some are stubborn, stressed, or just not recognizing food yet. Today we test frog juice as a scent trigger to get a feeding response. The reaction is immediate ...

Five European countries have accused Russia of poisoning opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, with a rare and deadly toxin found in poison dart frogs, ...

A study from the University of California, Davis, found that temperature affects the sound and quality of male frogs' mating calls. In the colder, early weeks of spring, their songs start off ...

For a small town located on Florida's interior, Fellsmere is packed with history. The city of 5,000, about 100 miles southeast of Orlando and 150 miles northwest of Miami, in 1915 was the first place ...

Yoga Journal’s archives series is a curated collection of articles originally published in past issues beginning in 1975. This article first appeared in the March-April 1983 issue of Yoga Journal.

The activist who originated the Portland Frog was among six protesters arrested by Portland police at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in South Portland on Jan. 8. ICE saw ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A midland painted turtle. Unlike its land cousin the box turtle, painted turtles do not have a hinged bottom shell that closes ...