Animals
Meet a Hermit Crab Who Has Shacked Up in a Lego
Weird things can become home sweet home when you are a tiny soft crustacean
New Dwarf Dragons Have Been Found in the Andes
It seems that every time herpetologists wander into the Andean cloud forests, they emerge with colorful lizard species in tow
Urchins Could Be the Next Victim of Sea Star Wasting Disease
The virus that has struck out Pacific sea star populations could now be affecting their Echinoderm cousins
Male Mice Sing Sexy Songs to Woo Females
New research shows that mice can change their mating songs according to context
NYC Has So Many Coyotes Living There, They've Started Going to Bars
New York's urban coyote population is booming — this week, one even ended up on top of a Long Island bar.
A Group of Endangered Orcas Has Gotten Busy Making Babies
Southern Resident killer whales have been on the decline, but new babies bring hope for the future
Illegal Cocoa Farms Are Driving Out Primates In Ivory Coast
Thirteen national parks and reserves have lost all their primates as people move in to protected regions to farm cacao
Elephants Have Male Bonding Rituals, Too
In her new book, Caitlin O'Connell shows how the interactions of tight-knit bulls can be surprisingly similar to human relationships
Pandas Actually Hang Out Together
GPS tracking data sheds light on giant pandas secretive societies
Fur Seals Caught Preying on Sharks Off South Africa
The seals only consume the viscera, though, which may be why this particular type of predation took ecologists by surprise
Mystery Mammals' Ancestry Was Revealed by Proteins, Not DNA
The huge rhino-like animal and trunked llama-like animal posed a mystery until now
It's Hard to Protect Arctic Mammals When We Don’t Know How Many Live There
Only a handful of animal populations are well counted — leaving researchers in the dark about how threatened the others are
These Bats Use Sonar to Jam the Signals of Their Rivals
How hungry Mexican free-tails sabotage the competition
Who Determined That the Sun Was a Star and More Questions From Our Readers
You asked, we answered
Can Returning Farmland to the Wild Help Bumblebees in Crisis?
Even if only a small percentage of current farmland became wild meadows, it could bring populations back to previous levels
Best Places to See Nature After Dark
The sun may power most of our world—but some things come alive only at night
Before There Were Crocodiles, There Was the "Carolina Butcher"
A newly discovered crocodilian ancestor was a nine-foot-tall predator that stood on its hind legs
Chimps Will Work Harder to Get Their Favorite Foods
An experimental setup shows that chimps will travel farther to get a more preferred reward
Why are Dead Geese Falling From the Sky in Idaho?
Over 2,000 birds have been felled by fast-moving avian cholera
Who’s Beheading Animals in Sacramento?
Officials can’t figure out who’s behind a bizarre rash of animal mutilations in California’s capital
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