Animals
Elusive Butterfly Spotted in Scotland For the First Time in 133 Years
The white-letter hairstreak has come under threat due to an outbreak of Dutch elm disease
If You Think ‘Bambi’ Seems Too Mature For Kids, You’re Not Wrong
The popular novel was even a Book-of-the-Month Club selection
Watch as This Life-Size Elephant Ice Sculpture Melts in NYC
The melting mammal was part of Amarula and WildlifeDIRECT’s “Don’t Let Them Disappear” campaign
The Big Unsexy Problem With Tiger Selfies
Why drugging and caging the cats for Tinder photos is even more messed up than it sounds
Lion Saved from Syrian Zoo Gives Birth
Just hours after reaching its new home following a daring rescue, the lion gave birth to a healthy cub
How Do Goldfish Survive Winter? They Make Alcohol
A mutant enzyme allows goldfish and carp to live in low oxygen ponds by turning toxic lactic acid into ethanol
Exceptional Fossils Show Ancient Winged Mammals May Have Glided Above the Dinosaurs
The discovery of two flying squirrel-like fossils suggest mammal diversity began earlier than previously thought
The Deadly Grizzly Bear Attacks That Changed the National Park Service Forever
Visitors to Glacier National Park had long conditioned the predators to seek food from humans, making the maulings somewhat inevitable
America's Fancy Pet Food Addiction Is a Big Problem for the Environment
American pets have been increasingly served up prime cuts of meat, but this food comes at a cost
A Scholar Follows a Trail of Dead Mice and Discovers a Lesson in Why Museum Collections Matter
A former Smithsonian curator authors a new book, <i>Inside the Lost Museum</i>
Lights Are Driving Bats From Their Belfries
The trend of pointing floodlights at churches in Sweden has driven some long-eared bat colonies out of their historic roosts
Camel Spiders Are Fast, Furious and Horrifically Fascinating
Yet another mystery about these arachnids: Why are they so intent on mass-murdering ants?
Did Scientists Just Unveil the Biggest Dinosaur of All Time?
The jury's still out—but if you can get over the size contest, far more fascinating patterns about these giants emerge
The CIA Experimented On Animals in the 1960s Too. Just Ask ‘Acoustic Kitty’
Turns out that cats really don't take direction well
How the Narwhal Got Its Tusk
According to Inuit storytelling tradition, the narwhal was once an evil stepmother, who wove her hair into a tusk
A Blueprint for Genetically Engineering a Super Coral
Why some researchers are proposing a drastic measure to save a threatened ecosystem
How One Brave Spider Floated Thousands of Miles to Colonize a New Continent
Improbably, new genetic analysis shows that trapdoor spiders may have ridden ocean currents from Africa to Australia
To Understand the Elusive Musk Ox, Researchers Must Become Its Worst Fear
How posing as a grizzly helps one biologist grasp the threats facing this ancient beast
Could We See Glow-in-the-Dark Aliens From Earth?
Extraterrestrial life might make its own light to protect itself from harmful radiation
How One Bad Science Headline Can Echo Across the Internet
Recent articles claiming birth control causes “transgender" fish show how science communication can mislead—even when it relies on facts
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