Corey Ketchum of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife service holds a giant goldfish found during a survey in Presque Isle, Pennsylvania. The service then posted a warning about releasing petstore goldfish ...

The paper, published on Jan 17, found that the gilded boar tick (Dermacentor auratus), named for its propensity to feed on wild pigs, had caused more than half of the 51 reported tick-bite cases ...

But at times, they can enable populations to adapt to change. The genetic diversity of Australian threatened species, the golden bandicoot (Isoodon auratus), was successfully maintained when ...

So, what factors contribute to success? In Western Australia, a large number of golden bandicoots (Isoodon auratus) from a robust island population were reintroduced to three sites. After six ...

Charlie Baker is a college student who struggles to make ends meet. When he receives a letter, which was supposed to go to someone named Lennox with a secret code, it leads him and his reluctant ...

The yellow-shafted flicker is referred to as the northern flicker. Its scientific name is Colaptes auratus. Colaptes comes from the Latin word kolapter, which means a hammer or a chisel and from ...

Most people imagine woodpeckers clinging to the sides of trees and using their sharp beaks and long tongues to drill for insects, but the Northern flicker (Colaptes auratus) frequently hunts for prey ...

Though they’re beloved by many as household pets, goldfish (Carassius auratus) are known for having a memory that lasts just three seconds. Yet despite that forgetful reputation, scientists have known ...

Key Laboratory of Drinking Water Science and Technology, Research Centre for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, P. R. China Section of Sanitary Engineering, ...

Fiona M. Donnelly/Shutterstock.com The northern flicker (Colaptes auratus) is a fairly large species of woodpecker that sports impressive markings. Males of this species have a red mustache-like ...