Animals
Playing Outside Enhances Kids’ Love of Nature and Animals
Exposure to the great outdoors could also influence kids' ideas about the importance of conservation
Papa Mongooses Learn Not to Try So Hard When Raising Babies
If father mongooses push themselves to extremes raising young, then they won't work as hard the next time around
Offshore Wind Farms Offer Seals a Smorgasbord of Fish
Wind farms could intentionally be fashioned into artificial reefs to further increase their value to wildlife
Spider Silk is a Fine-Tuned Alert System
Web fibers can send a wide range of messages
Raising Beef Uses Ten Times More Resources Than Poultry, Dairy, Eggs or Pork
If you want to help the planet but can’t bring yourself to give up meat entirely, eliminating beef from your diet is the next-best thing
Suburban Skunks are on the Rise
Grand Rapids, Michigan, is basically enveloped in a cloud of stink
In Microgravity, Some Snakes Tie Themselves in Knots, Others Attack Themselves
Some animals just don't know how to deal when gravity goes away
Researchers are Tracking House Cats with Tiny Harnesses
GPS measurements and collar cameras will tell them where, exactly, kitty goes all day
Borneo Has Lost 30 Percent of Its Forest in the Past 40 Years
Borneo's tropical forests have fallen at twice the rate as the rest of the world's felled rainforests
Baby Turtles Coordinate Hatching By Talking to One Another Through Their Egg Shells
A number of turtle species make sounds, but this is the first evidence that babies do so before they've even hatched
Why Freshwater Dolphins Are Some of the World’s Most Endangered Mammals
In Pakistan, dams and drainage has reduced the endangered Indus River dolphin’s range by 80 percent
China Finally Came Clean About Its Shady Tiger Skin Trade
Whether or not this will improve the situation for tigers, however, remains to be seen
A Deadly Fungus Is Wiping Out Frogs and Toads—But Some Can Develop Resistance
Scientists hope it might be possible to develop a vaccine to the fungus, based on the frog and toad's immunity
Watch the Unnerving Gait of This 410 Million-Year-Old Arachnid
Working from well-preserved fossils, paleontologists reproduced the trigonotarbids' walk
Fat Corals Fare Best As Climate Changes
Corals with significant energy reserves that welcome all types of symbiotic algae species won’t easily die if hit with multiple bleaching events
14 Fun Facts About Piranhas
They're not cute and cuddly, but they may be misunderstood, and scientists are rewriting the fish’s fearsome stereotype
Chilean Devil Rays Found to Be Among the Deepest-Diving Animals in the Ocean
The surface-dwelling marine creatures regularly dive more than one mile deep, scientists find
UNESCO Just Announced the 1000th World Heritage Site
Botswana's lush Okavango Delta claims the slot
Cuckoos Don't Sneak Into Other Birds' Nests—They Barge Right In
Cuckoos don't just make other bird's raise their young, they lay their eggs while the other bird is in the nest
Before Pharrell, Smokey Bear Donned This Now-Trendy Hat As a Symbol of Fire Safety
This is the story of Smokey Bear's hat, and how it was lost—twice—before finally joining the collections at the Smithsonian
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