With the ability to inject liquid venom into would-be predators – venom that happens to be surprisingly similar to that of wasps, spiders and scorpions – the mottled cup moth caterpillar is an ...

Mottled skin, also called livedo reticularis, is skin that has patchy and irregular colors. The skin may have red and purple marks, streaks, or spots. It may also have a marbled appearance with ...

We all know the sun can have a dramatic effect on the skin, and most of us will have been given a painful reminder in the form of sunburn at some point. But burning is not the only summer skin problem ...

The emerald head of the male Mallard is unmistakable. The female wears the camo outfit with a mottled brown body but also look for some orange on the beak and white ...

The great orange tip fights for survival by borrowing the outfit of a much deadlier creature. Without many means of defence, butterflies, moths and their caterpillars often resort to disguise to fool ...

Claim to fame: The mottled sculpin is one of Missouri’s lesser-known fish. Though their large heads and bulging eyes may not win any beauty contests, people who monitor streams and rivers enjoy ...

At Pinery Provincial Park, biologist Jessica Linton knows the location, to the centimetre, of every individual shrub and cluster of New Jersey tea—a larval host plant of Ontario’s only endangered ...

On the surface woodcocks might appear as drab little birds, but they actually sport the brightest feathers of any bird. The underside of their tails have feathers that are whiter than any others ever ...