H. sagamius lives in the Pacific Ocean at depths of 2,000 to 3,300 feet, where sunlight doesn't penetrate. Food is scarce in the deep, and chance encounters in total darkness are rare, so the ...

While there are many hundreds of species of hawkmoths found throughout the tropics, Darwin’s hawkmoth, with its 9- to 14-inch-long coiled proboscis, is found only in Madagascar. Xanthopan morgani ...

Today, Dumbacher’s main focus rests in the famed Galápagos Islands. Through their joint research lab, Dumbacher and San Francisco State University Professor Jaime Chaves, PhD, have launched a series ...

The Atlas moth lives in Asia, from India to the Philippines and south to Indonesia. It belongs to the family Saturniidae, or giant silkworm moths, which has a worldwide distribution. The Atlas moth is ...

Terry Gosliner grew up in Marin, California, during a time when the landscape was largely rural. He recalls a childhood defined by exploration of the hills and tide pools near his house, and by a ...

Explore the ice, snow, and remarkably resilient life that survives our planet’s frigid Arctic and Antarctic habitats. Divided into 4+ days of activities, your petite polar adventurers will enjoy a ...

Brian Fisher, the California Academy of Science's renowned entomologist, reveals there are 22,000 species of ants populating the earth. “Our ability to dig deeper into their hidden world can shed ...

When Shannon Bennett traveled to Africa as an undergraduate to perform educational plays about basic public health issues, she never guessed the experience would launch her lifelong fascination with ...

For ichthyology curator Luiz Rocha, childhood was defined by fish and sea. “I had tanks starting from age 5 or 6,” he says, “and I decided to be a biologist when I had my first biology class in third ...

At 25 feet deep, the Philippine Coral Reef tank is one of the deepest and largest indoor display of living coral in the world. Under the surface, hundreds of fish mingle with eels, anemones, starfish, ...

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