Animals
Hibernating Turtles Are Still Aware of What’s Going on Around Them
Researchers assumed they entered a coma-like condition during winter hibernation, but turtles are paying attention to the things that matter most
Cockroaches Stick to Different Neighborhoods Just Like New Yorkers Do
Cockroaches from the Upper East Side, the Upper West Side and nearby Roosevelt Island all have a distinctly different genetic makeup from one another
These Male Marsupials Put So Much Energy Into Mating, It Kills Them
Males with the largest testes, most fit sperm and longest endurance in the sack tended sired more offspring with promiscuous females
What Would a Cross Between a Polar Bear and a Grizzly Really Look Like?
As climate changes and Arctic sea ice melts, species shift habitats and may interbreed. Lamm digitally manipulates photographs to imagine these hybrids
Secret Cameras Caught an Endangered Sumatran Rhino Happily Hanging Around on Borneo
Only an estimated 220 to 275 Sumatran rhinos - the smallest species of rhino in the world at just 3.3 to 5 feet tall - still exist
Pufferfish Create Underwater Crop Circles When They Mate
There is a chance that it's only the fine sand the females are after, not the formations' intricate patterns or symmetry
Centipede Venom Is a More Potent Pain Killer Than Morphine
Of the nine possible sodium ion channels the centipede venom could have affected, it happened to correspond with just the right one for numbing pain
These Jellyfish-Mulching Robots Could Be the Savior of the Seas
These new robots can chew up nearly a ton of jellyfish per hour
How Do Canada Geese Get Ready to Fly?
In the movie Fly Away home that involved a goose shaped plane, but in the wild it's just a few flicks of the neck.
This Alkaline African Lake Turns Animals into Stone
Photographer Nick Brandt captures haunting images of calcified animals, preserved by the extreme waters of Tanzania's Lake Natron
257,000 Years Ago, a Hyena Ate Some Human Hair (And Probably the Rest of the Person, Too)
The brown hyena who originally planted the evidence most likely ate the person, though it could have scavenged on a dead body
These Mice Sing to Mark Their Territory
A lot of things sing to mark their territory - birds, wolves, howler monkeys. But you can now add mice to that list
Early Easter Islanders Ate Rats—Lots of Rats
Perhaps the lack of fish food even explains the orientation of Easter Island's famous statues, which face inwards toward the islanders' food source
What We Can Learn from Whale Breath
Researchers are trying to culture what comes out of blowholes from whales and dolphins, to see if they can use them as diagnostic tools
The CIA’s Most Highly-Trained Spies Weren’t Even Human
As a former trainer reveals, the U.S. government deployed nonhuman operatives—ravens, pigeons, even cats—to spy on cold war adversaries
Giant Hornets Proliferated During China’s Heatwave, And Now Have Killed 28 People
Entomologists speculate that the exceptionally warm weather in China allowed the aggressive, deadly hornets to proliferate
When a Dam Turned a Forest Into Tiny Islands, Only Rats Were Happy
Although the rate of extinction the researchers observed is startling, it's unfortunately not surprising
Coastal Animals Have Two Internal Clocks, One for the Sun And One for the Tide
When researchers tamped with sea lice's internal clocks, the crustaceans were unruffled by the unwinding of their circadian cycles
Sea Turtles Are Nesting in Record Numbers
Once pushed to endangerment, nesting sea turtle numbers are soaring
Bee-utiful! The Stinging Insect Gets a Close-Up
Biologist Sam Droege's sharply-focused photographs of bees, used for identifying different species, make for fine art
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