Photo Caption: Margot, the Wellsummer, went through an ugly molting season. (Journal photo by Lacey Vilhauer.) It’s fall, and your chicken coop looks like a massacre happened inside with the number of ...

Molting -- the technical definition of which is the shedding of old feathers, hair, or skin, or an old shell, to make way for new growth -- is a term that aptly describes an area of opportunity for ...

Molting, that periodic ritual in which arthropods shed and replace their outer skeletons, can be a dangerous time for the creatures. Just ask the trilobite. Research published by a Michigan State ...

Several locals have reported "unusual amounts of dead horseshoe crabs" washing up on Massachusetts beaches in recent days. However, officials say the spectacle is no cause for concern, as they're just ...

This oddly plumaged penguin appeared in my Antarctic & Arctic Data Consortium 2015 calendar (yes, I have a data calendar) and I needed to know…why on earth does this penguin have a fauxhawk? Image ...

Tarantulas are one of many animals that undergo an energy-intensive molting process. When a tarantula sheds its exoskeleton, it can also regenerate lost or damaged limbs. Many people mistake a molting ...

A newly fledged eastern bluebird perched placidly on the edge of our birdbath while enjoying the cooling effect from a miniature waterfall created by the recirculating water pump. Its parents perched ...

"Boy, he's really red! I don't think I've ever seen them that red before," my wife said admiringly of a male purple finch crunching sunflower seeds at the feeder. He was a nice burgundy. The male ...

Lillian DeDomenic of Monroeville was snapping photos of birds in her backyard when one in particular caught her eye. At first, she wasn’t sure what it was. It had red body plumage, but its head was a ...