Animals
Northern White Rhinos Now Number Three
The 41-year-old Nola died this week, leaving only three northern white rhinos left in the world
The NIH Lets Its Last Research Chimps Go
These 50 remaining chimpanzees are headed to sanctuaries to enjoy retirement
A Tadpole’s Perspective and More "Life Through a Lens" Images
Ogle the images from winners of the Royal Society's photography contest
Pigeons Can Spot Breast Cancer in Medical Images
After just a few weeks of training, the brainy birds rivaled human levels of accuracy in their diagnoses
What a Dead Blue Whale Can Teach Us About Life in the Ocean, and About Ourselves
Scientists and spectators gathered on an Oregon beach for the rare, messy, mesmerizing sight of a whale being carefully dismantled for museum display
A London Zoo Wants to Hypnotize Away Your Fear of Spiders
This program turns what phobics perceive as terrifying threats into fuzzy friends
Genetic Tweaks Are Revealing the Dinosaur Traits in Living Chickens
A Yale paleontologist is blending fossil studies and bird genes to trace the ways dinosaurs transformed into today's feathered flocks
Cougars Are Returning to the Midwest
A team of scientists predicts that the big cat could establish new breeding populations in Arkansas and Missouri in the next 25 years
Ancient Bees Were Voracious Snackers on Their Pollen-Gathering Treks
Fossils from Germany could help researchers better understand modern bee eating habits and better protect the beloved pollinators
Our Ancient Ancestors Probably Loved Honey Too
Residue scraped from pottery shows humans used bee products as long as 8,500 years ago
A Cockroach Can Bite With a Force 50 Times Its Body Weight
Adding to their supervillain-esque powers, roaches can gnaw through tough materials with surprisingly strong jaws
The World's Oldest Zoo Is a Modern Attraction With a Storied Past
The Austrian destination has a lot more to offer than exotic animals
So Long Shamu Show
In the face of criticism, SeaWorld is retiring its controversial killer whale show
A Long-Necked Marine Reptile Is the First Known to Filter Feed Like a Whale
The bizarre <em>Mortuneria</em> used sieve-like teeth to strain tasty morsels from the muddy Cretaceous seafloor
When Kids Played With Alligators in Los Angeles
Babies, dogs and onlookers mixed with snapping reptiles at California's Alligator Farm
The Culprits Behind Mysterious Mass Antelope Deaths Finally Exposed
More than half of the world's endangered saiga antelopes died suddenly on the Central Asian steppes last spring
Illegal Pot Farms Are Killing Rare Animals With Bacon-Scented Poison
Marijuana plots hidden in California’s forests are inadvertently poisoning protected mammals called fishers
Coywolves Are Taking Over Eastern North America
Coywolves are not 'shy wolves'—they are coyote-wolf hybrids (with some dog mixed in) and now number in the millions
Will Driverless Cars Mean Less Roadkill?
Avoiding wildlife could be a tough task for these super-smart cars
Commune With Pets of the Past at These Five Pet Cemeteries
Far from scary, these burial sites can be relaxing, beautiful and even inspiring
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