It shoots us a seemingly self-conscious glance, black eyes gleaming in the dazzling afternoon sunlight that easily penetrates the dry and spiny forest canopy. Tortoise 053 is one of 4,000 subadult ...

Caption Over 2 meters tall and 250 kilograms in weight, the elephant bird Aepyornis maximus wanders through the spiny forest of ancient Madagascar. This image relates to a paper that appeared in ...

Anglers reported suspected spiny waterfleas to Department of Natural Resources staff and supplied a specimen to the DNR fisheries office in Tower, where it was positively identified. DNR aquatic ...