/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/f4/fb/f4fb7e73-d26f-418e-bb32-a31d2a869fa3/hydrolagus-close-450.jpg)
Watch Rare Footage of the Mysterious Ghost Shark Gliding Through the Deep
Researchers spotted the grey-blue creature off the coast of California—far from its usual haunts in the Southern hemisphere
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/25/7c/257c10a9-c63e-4f11-ad71-97b68a9c61ff/valswabbingtoad.jpg)
Meet the Colorful New Weapon Scientists Are Using to Save Toads From a Devastating Fungus
Researchers are supplementing the amphibians’ natural microbiomes with a fluorescent fungus-fighter they’ve dubbed “Purple Rain”
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/ab/f5/abf5b257-b074-45a6-8acd-2e6165aa9aff/sea_blob_1.jpg)
Scientists Finally Spot Giant, Slimy Sea Blob First Found Over a Century Ago
Discovered in 1899, the creature recently popped up in Monterey Bay
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/55/bf/55bf0f89-c923-431c-9c8c-3c0745deff39/antlers.jpg)
Go Big or Go Generic: How Sexual Selection Is Like Advertising
When it comes to attracting mates, it pays to either go all out—or not try at all
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/c7/3d/c73ddbd3-38a6-4c15-8c6f-70318e823fd4/coconut_crab.jpg)
Coconut Crab’s Pinch Among the Strongest in the World
The unusual crustacean’s pincer rivals the bite of a lion
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/61/ec/61ec9f36-755a-4f35-8762-126015865fd1/angela-bohlke.jpg)
Forget Nature’s Majesty. These Photos Show Wildlife’s Goofy Side
Check out the winners of the 2016 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/1f/fe/1ffe2bd8-c714-4705-824e-1b9e25f59462/ishiyama6hr.jpg)
What Tickling Giggly Rats Can Tell Us About the Brain
Their laughter manifests in a surprising region of the cerebral cortex
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/7f/15/7f15f18a-06b1-4f76-a6a5-5e6a2a5704ae/dn26970-1_800.jpg)
Fossilized Dinos Are Bones Turned to Stone—But Sometimes, Part of the Original Dino Survives
Every fossilized skeleton is a unique snowflake. We now know that some contain biological bits of tooth and claw
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/74/68/74689c14-604d-48ec-8dc1-49c1ac1595de/cnx1w9.jpg)
Extinction or Evolution? The Answer Isn’t Always Clear
The same factors that kill off some species cause others to evolve at lightning speed
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/93/bd/93bd9931-efa6-46b8-9d04-2b9d5d69362c/istock_93905219_medium.jpg)
Everyone Poops. Some Animals Eat It. Why?
Consuming feces can benefit not only the health and microbiomes of some animals, but also their environments
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/a0/3b/a03bec06-0bbd-4969-b399-c72df8d99024/a4wk9e.jpg)
This Spike-Crested Lizard Drinks From Sand With Its Skin
The thirsty, thorny devils of Australia’s deserts can’t quench their thirst with tongues alone
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/76/04/7604857d-ed21-4b4a-af86-eb7f5d44d83c/african-giant-pouched-rat-credit-apopos-herorats-580.jpg)
How Giant Rats Could Stop Illegal Wildlife Trade From Squeaking By
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently awarded grants for some innovative ways to combat wildlife trade
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/1a/06/1a06fa67-2328-4620-8e27-d9ac2d3b5deb/hqdefault-1.jpg)
Hollywood Has Nothing on These Real Life Halloween Horror Shows
Face-unfurling, chest-exploding, zombie-making fiends: They’re all around us
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/41/ee/41ee890b-76b9-4b68-9228-6e1cfe163c62/millipede.jpg)
Magnificent Millipede Has 414 Legs and Four Penises
Meet Illacme tobini, a newly described species of millipede discovered in a cave in Sequoia National Park
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/ba/2c/ba2c956c-0aa8-4112-b1dc-2b2d15895f02/14007656603_a35517964c_o.jpg)
Wild Monkeys Unintentionally Make Stone Age Tools, But Don’t See the Point
Scientists observe a “unique” human behavior in wild animals
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/40/bb/40bb8524-61e1-4612-8aac-79a75649190e/f13xhb.jpg)
10,000 Scrotum Frogs Found Dead Near Lake Titicaca
Over 10,000 of the world’s largest water frogs were found dead along the Coata River, a tributary of the heavily polluted lake
:focal(566x673:567x674)/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/b6/78/b6788d59-938b-4900-ab0d-c5cf07bebe2a/nov2016_h07_phenom-wr.jpg)
How Bats Ping On the Wing—And Look Cute Doing It
Researchers reveal how bats turn echolocation signals into a 3-D image of moving prey
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/1f/95/1f95eb0e-5dbc-42e8-8146-56d914f76a67/4512225777_3f8fed3685_o.jpg)
Behind the Scenes at the National Zoo With the World’s Most Dangerous Bird
The zoo’s cassowary “still has that mysterious aura about her—that prehistoric, dinosaur-walking-through-the-rainforest-quality.”
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/8e/56/8e5676cf-412a-402c-9ad0-eb8b74db51b5/istock_87318315_large-wr.jpg)
The Strange Reappearance of the Once-Vanished Green Sea Turtle
It’s a conservation biology riddle wrapped in a mystery inside a hard shell
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/a6/72/a672c140-dd74-4fd7-838d-36a6a8446b76/toughie.jpg)
Adiós, Toughie: The Last Known Rabb’s Fringe-Limbed Tree Frog Dies in Atlanta
Since his discovery in 2005, Toughie the frog has been the face of amphibian extinction
Page 36 of 43