Druids in Dungeons & Dragons have always had a deep connection to nature, and Wild Shape is one of their most defining abilities. The 2025 Monster Manual brings updated creature stats and new options, ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. A red-rumped parrot, one of the bird species that has seen its bill size increase. Some warm-blooded animals are experiencing ...

From ocean depths to tree canopies, the wild is filled with bizarre, mind-blowing survival tactics—and animals that change shape are proof that nature has no chill. These aren’t just colour-changing ...

Take a close look at a house cat's eyes and you'll see pupils that look like vertical slits. But a tiger has round pupils — like humans do. And the eyes of other animals, like goats and horses, have ...

There's a reason why the domestic cat's pupil has its distinctive, vertical slitted shape and the grazing goat's its horizontal, flattened look. In both cases, the eye's shape has evolved to help its ...

Major changes in the chemical composition of the world's oceans enabled the first large organisms -- possibly some of the earliest animals -- to exist and thrive more than half a billion years ago, ...

A land animals' ecological niche is a strong predictor of pupil shape, a new analysis has found. Species with pupils that are vertical slits are more likely to be ambush predators that are active both ...

Nature showcases incredible shape-shifting abilities in various animals for survival. From the mimic octopus's deceptive transformations to the pufferfish's dramatic inflation, creatures adapt their ...

Some warm-blooded animals are experiencing shifts in their body shapes, likely as a response to the pressures of climate change, according to a new review of existing research. Animals are getting ...