These three females will help the zoo develop a diverse elephant herd like those found in the wild
The first annual World Migratory Fish Day is making a splash with hundreds of outdoor, fish-centric events
While captive in a Navy program, a beluga whale named Noc began to mimic human speech. What was behind his attempt to talk to us?
How one marvelously preserved fossil sheds light on how the vertebrate invasion of land took place
The snake was discovered on a remote Mexican island in the 1930s, but the notes of the famous naturalist who documented it were later called into question
A chemical excreted by octopus skin tells their severed arms, “Don’t grab me or eat me!”
Biologists always assumed that sexual selection primarily drove differences in looks between male and female birds, but a new study challenges that notion
The now extinct Caribbean monk seal shares an evolutionary connection with the endangered Hawaiian monk seal--one more reason to save the species
A new study shows that if more species of bees are available to pollinate blueberry flowers, blueberries get fatter
The National Zoo is home to babies of all species this Spring. You can just smell the cuteness in the air
Researchers interested in the evolution of animal genitalia tend to focus on the male side of that equation, often unjustifiably ignoring the female
In an east African case study, scientists found that taking large wildlife out of an ecosystem increases the number of disease-infested rodents
The African drongo mimics warning calls of other animals to scare them away from food, but mixes true warnings with lies to keep those animals guessing
Enjoy a nature break and listen to birds from America's greatest natural wonders
In 1986, a Swiss artist set out to document insects from regions affected by the Chernobyl disaster, and science is starting to catch up with her
Corals are not expected to do well with climate change. But the ability to adapt to warmer oceans could give them more time
Instead of responding to the smell of a relative’s death as the sign that a predator could be about, hermit crabs interpret this cue as fresh dinner
Does oil stick around in the ecosystem indefinitely? What was the deal with the deformed fish? Can anything bad that happens in the Gulf be blamed on oil?
A genus of insect that inhabits caves in eastern Brazil has reversed sex organs, say scientists
The primates painstakingly rebuild their nest from scratch every night—a pre-bed ritual reminiscent of the "Princess and the Pea"
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