These turtles were far more common than previously known.
Strength in numbers: tiny shrimp might be capable of mixing the ocean
“Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean.”
A Sperm Whale Found Dead in Spain Had 30 Kilos of Plastic in Its Stomach
There’s just too much plastic in the oceans.
Baboons use team work to escape from biomedical research facility
The gesture has inspired thousands of people over social media.
Malaria makes its hosts smell better to draw more mosquitoes, research finds
Sneaky, sneaky plasmodium.
Sea turtles use Earth’s magnetic field like a GPS to find their birthplace
The loggerheads can find their original nesting grounds within 40 to 50 miles, despite being away for decades or traveling thousands of miles.
“Virtual” animals far outnumber the actual animals in the wild, fooling us into think that they are abundant
How many virtual animals do you see each day?
‘Punk-haired’ turtle that breathes through its butt is seriously endangered
But we humans are the real punks here.. .
Scientists uncover secret color of 200-million-year-old butterfly wings
Butterfly iridescence is really, really old.
Male-female differences linked to risk of extinction, new study finds
Standing out from the opposite sex comes at a cost — and this could make all the difference in the world.
The Yangtze river porpoise, unique for living in freshwater, has special genetic adaptations
The purpoise of the study was to learn more about the genetics of this unique cetacean.
Puffins have beaks that glow in UV light to bedazzle mates
“I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll glow my beak around!”
Human drugs could help cure the transmissible cancer that is wiping out Tasmanian devils
Good news for the little devils!
Beluga whales value culture and family ties
Whales are stunningly complex.
The unique types of ecosystems in the world
We have an amazing amount of diversity on Earth!
“Bowhead [whales] are jazz,” says researcher astonished by the diversity of their songs
They recorded 184 different songs from a population of about 300 individuals.
Shrimp-inspired camera leads to new underwater GPS
The novel camera help researchers devise a novel underwater GPS method.
Scientists use astronomy software to protect endangered creatures from poachers
Drones are hot on the poachers’ hot traces.
Monkeys’ brain activity syncs up when they watch each other do something
It’s not monkey business.
Mass extinctions don’t come out of the blue — and we’re seeing some of the signs today
An incoming mass extinction isn’t as hard to spot as we’d believed.