Animals
Luna Moths’ Gorgeous Wings Throw Off Bat Attacks
Spinning twin tails at the end of moth wings garble bats’ sonar cries, causing the winged predators to miss the tasty mark
Dogs Can Tell Whether You’re Making a Happy or Mad Face
For the first time, science shows that a non-human animal can recognize the emotional state of another species
One-Tenth of Native Mammals in Australia Are Extinct: Blame Cats And Foxes
No other country on Earth has lost a greater proportion of land mammals over the last two centuries; now, a new study zeros in on the cause
You Wouldn't Have Chocolate Without Invisible Flies and Extreme Yeast
It takes a wild and temperamental menagerie to bring the beloved candy to store shelves. Bon appétit!
Pigeons' Brains Work Kind of Like Ours
A small study showed impressive categorizing abilities in three pigeons
Old Male Bustards Have Less Desirable Sperm
Male birds don’t just lose their female-wooing prowess as they age, but also their ability to sire healthy chicks
For the First Time in Almost a Century, a Rare Red Fox Was Seen at Yosemite
Cameras and “hair snares” could preserve a threatened Sierra species
The Secret to a Long Life: Be Cooperative and Live Underground
Naked mole rats enjoy exceptionally long, healthy lives, and there's more than good genes at work
Fish Live Under Antarctica’s Ice Shelf, Where It Seems They Shouldn’t Survive
Biologists expected the seafloor under a glacier to be nearly barren, until life swam into view
Borneo's Mammals Face a Deadly Mix of Logging and Climate Change
But adding small amounts of land to already protected areas could help save the island's biodiversity
What Hibernation Teaches Us About Treating Alzheimer’s Disease
Scientists find that a brain-protecting protein produced when the body cools may have major implications for the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders
Vinegar-Like Acid Rain May Have Fallen During Earth’s Worst Extinction
Vanilla-flavored rocks hint at a planet scoured by intense acid rain during the Great Dying 252 million years ago
India's Tiger Population Grew Almost 60 Percent Since 2008
Could tigers be coming back from the brink? India now counts 2,226 of the big cats
Earth’s Magnetic Field Draws Sea Turtles to Their Nests
Loggerhead turtles remember the magnetic fingerprint of the beach where they were born
Beavers Once Parachuted into Idaho’s Backcountry
Strange things can happen when you combine WWII military surplus, innovative thinking and a bunch of beavers in need of a new home
Toystory the Bull Fathered 500,000 Cows Before He Died
Toystory, a Wisconsin “dream bull,” had more than half a million offspring at last count and is the stuff of legend.
One Orangutan Has Learned to Sound Just Like Us
This defies scientists’ former assumption that great apes just couldn’t learn new calls
A Museum’s Butterfly Emerged Half Male, Half Female
The rarity is like a natural experiment that tells scientists how genes and hormones interact to produce different sexes
Monkeys Can Learn to Recognize Themselves in the Mirror
Generations of monkeys had tried and failed a classic test of intelligence, but the fault may have been in the way humans thought of the test
Fossils Show How Flying Fish Started to Glide
In the quest to avoid being eaten, some fish took a leap into the open air
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