Animals
Panda Update: Giant Panda Mom Mei Xiang Won't Exchange Care of Cubs
Smaller cub is receiving infant formula and fluids from Zoo veterinarians
BREAKING: A Panda Cub is Born at the National Zoo (Video)
The 17-year-old female giant panda Mei Xiang gives birth
Biologists Have Spotted the First Wolf Pack in California in 100 Years
Two adults and five pups make up the newly-named Shasta Pack
Ask Smithsonian: Why Do Flamingos Stand on One Leg?
Flamingos may be doing their one-legged tree pose to stay warm or just because it's comfortable
Panda Cub (Or Is It Bamboo?) Detected in Mei Xiang's Ultrasound
Breeding pandas is complicated and frustrating. The Zoo's female Giant Panda has delivered two healthy cubs in the past ten years
Gliding Spiders Found Falling From Tropical Trees
Flat-bodied spiders that live in the rainforest strike a Superman pose to take control of their free-falls
What Killed Over 134,000 Endangered Antelopes?
Experts are closer to an answer
Tropical Octopus Definitely Mates Beak-to-Beak
Larger Pacific striped octopus couples engage in a host of behaviors unheard of among other octopuses
Inside a Dutch Police Academy...for Rats
Cigarette-sniffing rats are creating new job opportunities for their fellow rodents
How Do Animals Find Food? The Answer's in Their Eyes
Pupil shape provides differing advantages to those who crave the hunt and those who hide
When a Trip to the Zoo Resulted in an Engineering Breakthrough
Megan Leftwich, an engineering professor at George Washington University, is building a robotic flipper based on her observations of sea lions
Parasitic Wasps Turn Spiders Into Zombie Weavers
Arachnids injected with a potent neurotoxin are forced to create shiny new web cradles for wasp larvae
Only Four Northern White Rhinos Are Left on Earth
One of the species' last females died this week
Hamsters Are Optimists When They Live in Comfy Cages
Pet hamsters that enjoy habitats full of toys and fluffy bedding make more upbeat decisions than those in stark enclosures
How Elephants and Songbirds Are Helping Humans Communicate
In this Generation Anthropocene podcast, social animals show scientists how to trace our evolution and improve interactions
Researchers are Fitting Rhinos With Hidden Horn Cameras
One non-profit wants to outfit the animals with cameras and heart rate monitors to save them
Boa Constrictors Kill By Stopping Blood Circulation
The popular belief that boas and other constricting snakes deal death by suffocation seems to be a flawed assumption
Scientists Connect Monkey Brains and Boost Their Thinking Power
Researchers at Duke University have enhanced the mind power of monkeys and rats by linking their brains together
These Worms Hitchhike in the Belly of Slugs To Get Around
New study shows that worm their way into slug guts and feces to travel long distances
Mosquitoes Can Carry, and Deliver, a Double Dose of Malaria
Insects that are already carrying one strain are more likely to pick up a second infection and harbor higher numbers of parasites
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