Animals
Pollution From Hawaii Is Giving Sea Turtles Gross, Deadly Tumors
Nitrogen runoff gets into the turtles' food and causes tumors on their faces, flippers and organs
Crabby Tenants Defend Corals From Marauding Predators
A diversity of coral guard-crabs is needed to fend off attacks by hungry snails and giant spiky sea stars
35,000 Walruses Are Crowding Onto One Alaskan Beach
Some animals have already been killed on the beach, most likely by stampedes
Wildlife Around the World Has Declined by About 50 Percent Since 1970
Fish, birds, mammals, amphibians and reptiles are disappearing quickly
Research Into How Squid Camouflage Leads to An Ultra-Sharp Display for Televisions and Smartphones
Researchers at Rice University have created pixels 40 times smaller than those found in today's LCD displays
Lonesome George, the Last Tortoise of His Kind, Is on Posthumous Display in NYC
Driven to extinction by overhunting, the world's last Pinta Island tortoise is now a taxidermy display at New York's American Museum of Natural History
Five Wild Ways to Get a Drink in the Desert
The moisture farmers of Tatooine could take a few tips from these projects for harvesting water out of thin air
Caterpillars Beware: Venom Won’t Protect You From Clueless Baby Birds
Young birds will dumbly peck at anything that crawls their way—even if it winds up teaching them a painful lesson
Ten Unusual National Animals That Rival the Unicorn
Scotland doesn’t have the market cornered on exotic national symbols—check out the mouflon, the takin and the xoloitzcuintli
A Fuzzy Little Genet Is Hitching Rides on Rhinos and Buffalo, And No One Can Figure Out Why
Camera traps exposed the secret world of a rhino-riding genet
Human Activities Aren't the Cause of Chimpanzees' Murderous Tendencies
A new study shows that humans are not responsible for murder amongst Chimpanzees
At MIT, a Robot Cheetah Is Sprinting—And Leaping—Across Campus
MIT's robot cheetah may not be the only one in Boston—but it can leap
Leatherback Sea Turtles Can Measure Sunlight Through Their Skulls
The anatomical skylight allows the turtles to synch up with the seasons
Adorable Portraits Put Nocturnal Animals in the Spotlight
A new photo book showcases animals we humans rarely see—while a new study says we may have more in common with night-dwellers than thought
The Most Extensive Report Ever on American Birds Says There’s Cause for Concern
Researchers from 23 groups just released the fifth State of the Birds report, which contains good and bad news
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
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