Species Spotlight

The Octopus with a Toxic Bite

Allow me to introduce the blue-ringed octopus. If you were expecting it to look like a monstrous scourge of the Indo-Pacific reefs,...

Gender in the Animal Kingdom: Revealed

You may be familiar with X/Y chromosomes in humans. Because of this, we tend to think of XX being female and XY being male. While this is...

Snapping Shrimp: Incredible Energy Under the Waves

Imagine you could snap your fingers and produce enough energy to be louder than a grenade and hotter than the surface of the sun. This...

A Grand Day Out

When the weather is right, it's always a good idea to take your pets out for a walk. We all need to stretch our legs sometimes, whether...

The Birds

This is our first guest post featuring Misty Pettitt. Needless to say, Misty is a fabulous photographer. Along with her husband Rob and...

What's In My Backyard?

Here at Research on the Road, we would love to find and see every species on the planet! It's ambitious, and with an estimated 1-2...