Animals
Fossil Friday: oldest-known scorpion was a pioneer of life on dry land
A set of fossils collected 35 years ago belonged to the oldest-known scorpion species to date, a new study reports. The fossil (left), its respiratory and circulatory organs (center) and...
Baby wolves like to play fetch too — what this says about your dog
Wolves may understand human communication cues, which may help us understand how they evolved into dogs.
Newly-discovered parasitoid wasps in South America can mind-control their victims
Straight-up nightmare fuel.
Why do dogs have whiskers?
Whiskers allow dogs to "see" things that are literally under their noses.
Our long shadow: humanity places ‘intense’ pressure on 17,500 species of land vertebrates
With great impact comes great responsibility.
New tweets: ten species of bustling songbirds discovered on Indonesian islands
Some of these new species are already at risk of extinction.
Scientists strap 3D glasses on cuttlefish — and what they found was amazing
Like humans, cuttlefish can see in stereo... and likely enjoy a night out at the movies.
Cooperation and polarization have the same root, study finds
With great social ability comes great responsibility.
Australia set to kill 10,000 camels by shooting them from helicopters
Environmental disasters have become terribly common in Australia.
Predators can change their prey’s brains
Somewhere in Trinidad, killifish are growing more brain cells to avoid predators.
Birds and bats have very weird gut bacteria, and it’s likely linked to flying
If you wanna fly, sacrifices must be made; mostly in the gut.
Wildlife is doing just fine at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster site
The team found that the "level of human activity, elevation and habitat type" had a larger effect on wildlife than radiation.
Malaria-bearing mosquitoes are evolving insecticide-resistant feet
But we now know how to stop it.
Are Beavers Nature’s “Little Firefighters”?
It’s about dam time: Beavers are acknowledged for their firefighting skills in five recent blazes.
Lizard-like 309-million-year-old fossil is oldest evidence of parenting
Even in times that pre-dated the dinosaurs, many creatures cared for their young.
The single parrot native to the US extinguished strictly because of humans
The colorful bird got extinct in 1918, surprising many
Tasty moths try to evade predators — unappetizing moths don’t really bother
Moths that employ chemical defenses aren't in a hurry to avoid predatory bats.
EPA refuses to ban coyote-killing poison traps
The sodium cyanide bombs are deployed to kill livestock predators, but opponents claim that the traps are inhumane and have many unintended victims -- including pets and endangered species. Wolves...
‘Living rocks’ show surprising cognitive abilities
Years later, tortoises still remember what they were taught.
