Animals
Egypt’s Mammal Extinctions Tracked Through 6,000 Years of Art
Tomb goods and historical texts show how a drying climate and an expanding human population took their toll on the region’s wildlife
Cockatoos Learn to Use Tools by Watching Each Other
With a teacher, Goffin cockatoo learn to use new tools more quickly
College Students Studied These Mail-Order Sea Creatures in the Late 1800s
Restored glass models of marine invertebrates, made by artists Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka, are on display at the Harvard Museum of Natural History
Radioactive Boars Are Roaming Around Germany
The boar's meat is too contaminated from Chernobyl's radiation to be fit for human consumption
RIP Sexy Space Geckos
The five geckos sent to space have all died
Whale-Watching Can Actually Be Harmful To Whales
Ecotourism can give people a closer look at wildlife, but in the case of whales, it could also harm the wildlife they're looking at
Yawning Spreads Like a Plague in Wolves
Evidence of contagious yawning in chimps, dogs and now wolves suggests that the behavior is linked to a mammalian sense of empathy
The Historic Return of the American Bison
A National Zoo exhibition featuring the animal, long tied to Smithsonian history, opens Saturday
Tasmanian Sheep May Be Wooliest In World
Shaun the sheep might beat out the previous champ, Shrek, as the world's wooliest sheep
How Does Bao Bao Celebrate Her Birthday? With Cake, Bamboo and Hundreds of Fans
The National Zoo hosted a traditional Chinese ceremony for the giant panda’s first birthday
Oregon Animals Now Have Some Basic Rights Formerly Reserved for Humans
Crimes against animals can't be lumped all together—each animal victim has to be recognized individually
Elephant Poachers Also Targeting Vultures
Vultures are being targeted by elephant poachers in Africa
Geckos Can Control the Movement of Their Toe Hairs
Geckos take advantage of van der Waals forces to run across ceilings, but a simple shift allows them to drop to the ground
Some Zoo Grass Is Electrified
Some zoo landscaping is designed to keep the animals within their cages, not for them to interact with
Surprise! Science Shows That Elephant Poaching Is Unsustainable
For the first time, scientists have made a comprehensive tally of illegal killing rates across Africa
How an American Missionary Helped Capture the First Panda Given to the U.S.
"Missionaries sometimes have to tackle strange and unusual jobs," David Graham wrote.
This Weird, 500 Million-Year-Old Spiky Worm With Legs Actually Has a Descendant
Modern-day velvet worms' jaws are repurposed former claws
How to Charm Worms Out of the Ground
The art of worm grunting
One Year After Discovery, Crowdsourcing the Olinguito
A year ago, researchers discovered a rare new species. That was just the beginning
The Real Cougars of Malibu Have Lives Full of Murder, Bad Sex and Poison
But a simple bridge over the freeway could help save the charismatic big cats
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