Animals
What Living Like Goats and Badgers Can Teach Us About Ourselves
Two Englishmen won the Ig Nobel Prize for eating grass, earthworms and worse in the name of science
Over 180 Countries Just Approved a Ban on Pangolin Trafficking
It’s a big win for a weird little creature
Ask Smithsonian: When Did People Start Keeping Pets?
The human-pet timeline is still being put together, but turns out man’s best friend might also be his oldest
New DNA Analysis Shows How Cats Spread Around the World
Felines spread in two waves including moving around Europe on Viking ships, according to researchers
Chinese Malls Are Filled With Sad Animals
As cities spread, so do depressing mall zoos
Why Do We Still Have Morse Code and More Questions From Our Readers
You asked, we answer
Addict Ants Show That Insects Can Get Hooked on Drugs, Too
How researchers got a non-mammal hooked on drugs for the first time
Extreme Birdwatching Is a Thing, and This Could Be Its Greatest Year Ever
Thank El Niño for a Big Year that's bashing previous records
Where to See Thousands of Fluttering Butterflies in Taiwan
There's a reason Taiwan is known as the "butterfly kingdom"
Male Widow Spiders Prefer Younger Ladies—So They Don’t Get Eaten
This strategy means they live to mate again, upending assumptions about these arachnids
The Moral Cost of Cats
A bird-loving scientist calls for an end to outdoor cats "once and for all"
A Brief History of America’s Complicated Relationship With Wild Horses
The iconic symbol of the Wild West has a tangled and controversial story
American Safaris: Where to See the Biggest Mammals in the U.S.
Go wild for the United States' largest mammals and take an American Safari
Why Rare Hawaiian Monk Seals Are Lining Up to Get Their Shots
Fearing devastating disease, researchers are vaccinating a wild marine mammal for the first time
In Defense of Studying City Rats
By placing a taboo on researching these “disease sponges,” we leave ourselves at their mercy
Royal Society Photo Contest Winners Capture Breathtaking Details of Our Rapidly Changing World
Winning photos capture moments of stark change in the natural world in the Royal Society’s second annual contest
There Are Four Giraffe Species—Not Just One
The downside to this revelation: several of the new species are critically endangered
Captive Komodo Dragons Share Their Teeming Microbiome with Their Environment, Just Like Us
Komodos could be the perfect model for studying host-microbe interactions
Remembering the Tasmanian Tiger, 80 Years After It Became Extinct
Today, the animal’s memory is alive and well in Australia
Giant Pandas Are No Longer Endangered but Are Still in Danger
They aren't the only ones in trouble: the state of the great apes is more dire than ever
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