Animals
Meet the First Creature Ever to Roll Up in a Ball for Self-Defense
A species of tiny trilobite has taken the ball-rolling champion lead by millions of years
These Tattoos Honor Lost, Not-So-Loved Species
To overcome how people tend to care only about cute endangered animals, Samantha Dempsey designed and distributed temporary tattoos of ugly extinct species
A Wild Golden Eagle Can Take Down a Deer Just As Well As a Trained One
Besides being cool images, the behavior captured on the camera trap is extremely rare for Golden Eagles in nature
Britain’s Building a Transportation Network Just for Bees (And Other Pollinators)
The idea is to provide passage for insects that play a role in maintaining an estimated 90 percent of Britain's greenery and crops through pollination
Bats Act As Pest Control at Two Old Portuguese Libraries
It's not clear how long the bats have been doing this important job
Once a Toxoplasma Parasite Infects Mice, They Never Fear Cats Again
Toxoplasma is estimated to infect nearly one-third of humans worldwide, but what these results mean for humans remains to be seen
Diana Beltran Herrera’s Flock of Paper Birds
We are not talking origami here. The Colombian artist has created paper sculptures of more than 100 species, and they are startlingly realistic
Flies, Chipmunks And Other Tiny Creatures See the World in Slow Motion
Flies, for example, can perceive visual stimuli four times faster than we can
How Many Diseases Can a New York City Rat Give You?
In New York City you are never more than six feet away from a rat and its diseases
The Gorgeous Shapes of Sea Butterflies
Cornelia Kavanagh's sculptures magnify tiny sea butterflies—ocean acidification's unlikely mascots—hundreds of times
Orangutans Plan And Share Their Routes Before Hitting the Road
The authors suspect that other great apes and species of intelligent animals likely use similar communication strategies
Google Street View Goes to the Galapagos
Follow in Darwin's footsteps, starting on San Cristobal Island and then venturing to Floreana Island and North Seymour Island
233,000 Gallons of Molasses Spilled in Hawaii, Killing Everything
This might sound like the beginning of a cartoon, but it's not. Molasses is bad for wildlife, and the officials are dealing with an environmental disaster
Elephants Can Distinguish Between the Growl of a Hungry Tiger And a Hungry Leopard
Farmers may be able to use growl-broadcasting, motion-triggered speakers to deter elephants from raiding their crops
Watch As Taxonomists Painstakingly Clean And Assemble a Bat Skeleton
This is basically an Apple commercial for bat preservation
Worst Vacation Ever? Man Trapped on Island for Two Weeks by Crocodile
Every time he tried to paddle off, the crocodile came really close to his boat and he had to turn back
The Art of the Bird’s Nest
The architectural masterpieces of numerous bird species are the subject of Sharon Beals' latest photo series—on display at the National Academy of Sciences
This Frog Hears With Its Mouth
The tiny Gardiner's frog does not possess an eardrum, but it has come up with a convenient evolutionary hack to get around that
A Reminder From Yosemite’s Massive 1988 Fire: Wildfire Is Largely a Human Problem
This isn't the first time fire has threatened a national park
Whales Can Get Sunburned, Too
While we slather sunscreen on our skin, whales don't have the hands or the technology to do the same
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