Shrubbery, toolsheds, basements — these are places one might expect to find spiders. But what about the beach? Or in a stream? Some spiders make their homes near or, more rarely, in water: tucking ...

The largest freshwater bacterium, Achromatium oxaliferum, is highly flexible in its requirements, as researchers have now discovered: It lives in places that differ extremely in environmental ...

Aquatic plants are specialized evolutionary groups adapted to life in water. They play critical roles as food and medicinal supplies (e.g., lotus root and foxnut) and industrial raw materials (e.g., ...

Shrubbery, toolsheds, basements—these are places one might expect to find spiders. But what about the beach? Or in a stream? Some spiders make their homes near or, more rarely, in water: tucking into ...

Shrubbery, toolsheds, basements—these are places one might expect to find spiders. But what about the beach? Or in a stream? Some spiders make their homes near or, more rarely, in water: tucking into ...

Crocodiles were not always the aquatic predators we know today. Living crocodiles evolved from ancient lineages that were equally at home on land as in water. According to a new study conducted by an ...

Many aquatic animals exhibit sequential hermaphroditism, changing sex to adapt to environmental cues, social dominance, or reproductive needs. From clownfish transforming into females to hawkfish and ...

The enigmatic predator—and its cousin Baryonyx—are the only known dinosaurs other than birds with this aquatic adaptation. In this artist‘s depiction, Spinosaurus traverses the rivers of Morocco more ...

Some make nests inside seashells, others tote bubbles of air on their backs. The spiders that went back to water evolved lots of slick survival strategies. By Amber Dance/Knowable Magazine Published ...

Some make nests inside seashells, while others tote bubbles of air on their backs Amber Dance, Knowable Magazine Shrubbery, toolsheds, basements—these are places one might expect to find spiders. But ...