Animals
Guys: Trying to Attract a Mate by Posing With Captive Tigers Is Not Cool
Some women estimate that up to one in ten men on Tinder have a profile picture featuring a big cat
Spiders All Over the World Have a Taste for Fish
Eight-legged predators probably prey on vertebrates much more often than arachnologists previously assumed
There Are Only So Many Ways Animals Can Poison You (Not That That's Reassuring)
They say that knowledge is power, but we're certainly not feeling any safer
"WildLeaks" Is Like WikiLeaks for Poaching—And It's Working to Stop Wildlife Crime
The site has received more than twenty tips so far, including about elephant and tiger poachings
When Fire Ants Build Rafts, There Are No Free Loaders
When fire ants form floating balls, not a single leg or antennae goes to waste
Goats Evicted In Detroit
An attempt at urban farming runs afoul of city ordinances in Detroit
Crawfish, Like Humans, Are Anxious Worrywarts
As the first invertebrates ever found to demonstrate anxiety, crawfish might help reveal the evolutionary origins of that stressful state of mind
Rats Can Feel Regret
Rats' brain patterns and behaviors support the hypothesis that they can reflect on certain wrong choices
These Researchers Put a Camera on a Polar Bear
In case you've ever wondered what it's like to be a polar bear
This Cologne Makes Cows Smell Like Humans, So Mosquitos Bite Them Instead of Us
California company receives Gates Foundation grant to explore a unique kind of pest control
Spiders Get Information From the Vibrations of Their Webs
Depending on the frequency, a vibrating thread of silk can tell a spider if it needs to repair its home or go collect a snared snack
This Catfish's Whiskers Are Like Ultra-Sensitive pH Strips
Japanese sea catfish seek out worms in the pitch dark by detecting minute changes in water chemistry caused by their prey’s breathing
Americans Are Serving Alpaca for Dinner
The llama-like animal is growing in popularity for meat eaters in the U.S.
This Once-Secret Island Now Hosts Hordes of Adorable Bunnies
Now home to hundreds of semi-tame bunnies, the island once housed poison gas facilities
I Think, Therefore I Am a Fruit Fly
Researchers found that even fruit flies seem deliberate over decisions
Zebras Make the Longest Migratory Journey of Any of Africa’s Land Animals
Zebras travel twice as far as North America's migratory champion, the mule deer
You Otter Believe These Zoo Animals Can Play the Piano, the Harmonica and the Xylophone
D.C.'s hottest summer concert is brought to us by an unlikely source: a bevy of animal musicians
Female Pigs Respond Differently to Batches of Sperm Carrying Mostly X Or Mostly Y Chromosomes
In an experiment, mother pigs' gene expression changed depending on the sperm type they were fertilized wtih
This Weekend, Celebrate the World's Weird and Wonderful Migratory Fishes
The first annual World Migratory Fish Day is making a splash with hundreds of outdoor, fish-centric events
Europe Has Its Own Bison Species That Came Back From the Brink of Extinction
Bison were just reintroduced into a stretch of Romania where they haven't been found for two centuries
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