Multicolored "scabs" that glow in daylight are filled with fluorescent proteins that help broken or wounded corals heal, a new study says.

All it takes is a sprinkle of salt to jump-start animal life on the Amazon forest floor—which, for better or worse, speeds up the carbon cycle, a new study says.

Hyper-real animation—think movies like The Polar Express or Beowulf—can get too realistic for comfort, psychologists say. And according to a new study, monkeys might agree.

From AquaPenguin to Charlie the Robo-Tuna, underwater robots are going wild as scientists find nature has often already conquered their engineering challenges.

"Absolutely sensational" new pictures are rare proof that the world's largest toothed whales feed on elusive giant squid. And if researchers are right, the photos may also show a baby whale's hunting lessons.

Researchers may have found a way to induce molting in blue crabs, which could increase the availability of soft-shell crabs, considered a delicacy. Video.

Coated with a foamy slime, hundreds of seabirds are washing up on the shores of the U.S. Pacific Northwest as an explosion in algae fills the ocean, experts say.

Get spooked by a ghostshark, a "Dracula" fish, a carnivorous sea squirt, and more of 2009's freakiest finds.

At Halloween, pause to remember the animal "undead"—before they remember you. From "resurrected" spiders to mind-controlled ants to reanimated frozen frogs, some wildlife is wild "dead" too.

Wild dromedary camels, brought to Australia in the mid-19th century to help explore and develop the outback, were left to breed and survive on their own. Now they number a million in the wild and have become pests, officials say. Video.

Nearly as long as two buses, a blue whale washed ashore this week in California. The apparent victim of a ship collision, the beached whale is seen as an "amazing" research opportunity.

Bringing new meaning to the phrase "see you later, alligator," a new study suggests that female American alligators frequently return to their previous sexual partners.

From "cannibal" water beetles to blind cave eels, hundreds of newfound subterranean animals have revealed unexpected diversity in the dry Australian outback.

A leaping wolf, a feisty pet cat, and two playful Amazon dolphins feature in some of the winning pictures from this year's Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.

In the wilds of northern Minnesota, bear expert Lynn Rogers teaches participants at a "wild encounters" camp about bear language, manners, and lifestyle—all while getting up close and personal with wild black bears. Video.