A broadly distributed migratory butterfly travels varying distances, influenced by environmental conditions rather than following genetically coded instructions, according to a study. The ...

Scientists from the University of Ottawa, Uppsala University, the Institut Botànic de Barcelona, and other institutions have tracked the migratory feats of the painted lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui).

Fennec Foxes are the quintessential desert ... in the small insects, reptiles and burrowing mammals they feed on. In fact, in the whole world, they can be found only in the Sahara.

Desert ants of the Cataglyphis nodus species use the Earth's magnetic field for spatial orientation, but these tiny insects rely on ... pans of the North African Sahara or in pine forests in ...