Wildlife / Video
Native American Tribes Suffer When the Truckee River Slows to a Trickle
Several communities rely on the 121-mile-long river, fed by snowpack melting into Lake Tahoe. (Carla Schaffer/AAAS)
Discover why scientists think we are in a new geologic age and what it means for our future.
Impalas and Baboons Share a Feast
Research in Tanzania shows that impalas follow baboons to sausage trees to share fruits and feel safer from predators. (Video courtesy Brooke Davis)
How Army Ants Build Better Bridges
In Panama, researchers recorded army ants crafting living bridges to take the most efficient route along the forest floor. (Christopher R. Reid, Matthew J. Lutz, Simon Garnier, and the New …
Electric Eels Curl Up to Boost Their Power
In these clips, an electric eel in the lab attacks a dead fish attached to wire, which is shaken to simulate a struggle. The sounds represent the change in voltage …
Jays Robbing a Hummingbird Nest
A new study shows that hummingbirds often nest near hawks to avoid egg-robbing Mexican jays, like the pair seen here. (Video by Harold F. Greeney, Yanayacu Biological Station)
Fishing With Irrawaddy Dolphins
Local Burmese fisher Maung Lay shows how his family has traditionally teamed up with rare river dolphins and explains why their partnership is now at risk. (Video by Demelza Stokes …
Mysterious Octopus Pranks Its Prey
Rather than pouncing on its prey, the larger Pacific striped octopus extends a tentacle and taps its victim, startling it into the octopus’s deadly embrace. (Video courtesy Roy Caldwell, UC …
This Prototype for a Robotic Flipper Was Inspired by Sea Lions
Megan Leftwich, an engineering professor at George Washington University, is building a robotic flipper based on her observations of sea lions
Bumblebees Are Feeling the Heat
While bumblebees are not expanding northward, some are retreating to higher elevations as the temperature warms. This animation shows the range compression for a hypothetical North American species forced to …
Why Seahorses Have Square Tails
Used more for grasping than locomotion, seahorse tails are both flexible and uniquely strong. (Video courtesy Dominique Adriaens, UGent)
Aerial Acrobatics of the Praying Mantis
High-speed video captures the unique ability of a leaping praying mantis to control its spin in mid-air and precisely land on a target.
A new video from conservation nonprofit Save Vietnam’s Wildlife shows the plight of the world’s only scaled mammal, the endangered pangolin.
Luna Moth Wings Deflect Bat Attacks
Spinning tails on the moths’ wingtips scramble bats’ echolocation signals to keep the moths from being eaten
Orphaned Baby Elephant Takes a Flight
When Gary Roberts found this orphaned elephant next to its dead mother, he made an attempt to fly it to safety
Sloth Bear Cub Plays a Harmonica
Sloth bear cub Remi plays harmonica as part of an animal enrichment program at the Smithsonian National Zoo. The activity encourages the same behavior sloth bears in the wild use …
Eating the Amputated Arm of Another Octopus
The octopus places the arm in its mouth, treating it like food.
SmartNews: Could a Plague Pandemic Strike Again?
Digging up the past to find out what caused one of the world’s deadliest pandemics
Follow the “Nation’s T-Rex” as it travels from Montana to Washington
SmartNews: Extinct Frog Resurrected
The gastric-brooding frog eats its young, well sort of - our Kelly Carnes explains
Researchers investigating nicotine poisoning discover the “breath of death”
Why three-toed sloths risk life and limb when nature calls
SmartNews: Cracking the Code on Camouflage
Scientists are looking at the sea to help protect our soldiers in the field
Zookeepers at the National Zoo keep orangutans mentally stimulated with an innovative use of iPads
Sometimes, in fact, nature is stranger than fiction
Weird Science: Humongous Fungus
Sometimes, in fact, nature is stranger than fiction
How Scientists Are Tagging Reindeer to Track Climate Change
In the Arctic regions of Norway, researchers track down reindeer to measure how the warming winters affect the species at large
Sometimes, in fact, nature is stranger than fiction
Weird Science: It Snows What on Venus?
Sometimes, in fact, nature is stranger than fiction
A Right Whale Skeleton Arrives at the Smithsonian
See the process involved when a massive specimen arrives at the Smithsonian
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