Mexican free-tailed bats “jam” each others’ echolocation calls to discombobulate competitors
A floating pier installed off Japan led to a four-fold increase in baby jellies, offering a solid link between structures and blooms
The hermit thrush prefers to sing in harmonic series, a fundamental component of human music
From flying frogs to deep-sea squid, meet some of the other nosferatu of the animal kingdom
The unique species, discovered near the Statue of Liberty, is the first amphibian found in the region in 150 years
From kraken to mermaids, some monsters are real—if you know how to look for them
From tropical corals to tawny owls, some species are already being pushed to evolve—but adaptation doesn’t guarantee survival
All across the country, birds are making the trek south for the winter—here are some of the best places to witness their journey
“The nightlife of chimpanzees has been neglected,” say researchers who filmed wild animals using a fallen tree as a bridge into protected cornfields
The camel cousin evolved fluff instead of fat because it was able to linger in an evolutionary slow lane, suggest newly sequenced genomes
For its latest collection, Google traveled to the African rainforest where Jane Goodall pioneered her groundbreaking chimp research
In a new book, San Francisco-based photographer Susan Middleton captures the curious gestures and expressions of marine invertebrates
Australian banded stilts use mysterious cues to know when to head toward ephemeral lakes in the country’s otherwise dry interior
The mantis shrimp's eyes, which can see differences in polarized light, are informing researchers building a tiny, easy-to-use camera that can spot cancer
Sequencing 101 butterfly genomes has revealed a few of the monarch's secrets, including some keys to its epic annual migration
A diversity of coral guard-crabs is needed to fend off attacks by hungry snails and giant spiky sea stars
Researchers at Rice University have created pixels 40 times smaller than those found in today's LCD displays
The fish is facing an upstream struggle to survive. Can human ingenuity find a solution?
Robert Ballard, the famed explorer who discovered the wreck of the Titanic, ponders what else is on the ocean floor
Young birds will dumbly peck at anything that crawls their way—even if it winds up teaching them a painful lesson
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