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
Why Don’t Lions Attack Tourists on Safari and More Questions From Our Readers
A Moon-less Earth, yoga history, climate change and human speech
Dung Beetles Offset Climate Change
Even the most determined dung beetles can’t offset all of those emissions, so don’t feel too relieved about that steak or burger
Severed Octopus Arms Have a Mind of Their Own
Octopus tentacles still react up to an hour after being severed from their dead owner, and even try to pick up food and feed a phantom mouth
A Butterfly Species Settles in San Francisco’s Market Street
Two advocates track Western tiger swallowtails through the city and use art to encourage residents to think of the fluttering creatures as neighbors
The Housing Bubble’s Latest Victims Are Doomed Desert Tortoises
The Bureau of Land Management funded the center through mandatory fees for housing developers, but money dried up after the housing bubble burst
One Million Cockroaches Escaped from a Traditional Chinese Medicine Farm
The greenhouse where rochaes were being raised was destroyed by an unknown vandal - perhaps a neighbor not pleased about millions of cockroaches next door
Kumquat-Eating Crocodilians: Crocs And Gators Love Their Fruits and Veggies
Grapes and berries, fruit and veggies—crocodiles and alligators eat more than meat
It’s a Bear-Eat-Bear World Out There, Literally
Hikers were startled when they came across a grizzly eating a black bear
Zombie Pigeons Are Invading Moscow
In humans, the offending disease produces mild sniffles and flu-like symptoms, not an undead stupor or craving for flesh
To Control Feral Cat Populations, Cut the Tubes of Dominant Males
Rather than taking the goods entirely from feral cats, researchers now propose vasectomies are the way to go
Asia’s Only Tool-Wielding Monkeys Are Abandoning Their Stone Implements
If Thailand’s gifted macaques are not sheltered from the corrupting influence of humans, they’ll become another annoying, thieving bunch of Asian monkeys
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