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Bats can live up to 40 years without developing cancer. Scientists now know why.
A threatened Australian insect joins the exclusive club of celestial navigators.
Microscopic wing scales bridge a 40-million-year gap in the fossil record
Study suggests birdsong patterns are driven more by social needs than acoustics.
The worm tower behaves like a superorganism.
Removing rhino horns drastically cuts poaching, new study reveals.
Brutal and mostly invisible, the way we kill fish involves prolonged suffering.
These whales used bubble rings to seemingly send messages to humans.
The house cat's ancestor is in trouble.
Cats know who you are and they're probably judging you.
For some frog species, sitting in a hot brick could mean the difference between life and death.
Climate change also has a part to play.
A gentle light guides these insect cyborgs—no wires, no surgery, no shocks.
Canine cancer trials could help transform the fight against a deadly childhood cancer
Long before whale hunting, humans were already crafting tools from whale bones.
Pregnant, injured, and too big for the regular vets.
This could be a very useful skill in light of current climate events.
A puzzling trend among capuchins ends in death for their abducted howler monkey infants.
An under-monitored feline epidemic could be the spark for the next human pandemic.
The discovery highlights how penguins and other polar seabirds help shape their environments, even as they are under threat from climate change.
A clever invertebrate uses chemical cues to lure its prey straight into its grasp
Chimp vocal combinations hint at roots of human language.
Pink birds spin water tornados to trap prey like underwater spiderwebs
Chimpanzees don’t just treat their own injuries, but care for others, too.
Meet Valerie, a superdog that survived the Kangaroo island and its deadly snakes. It even gained weight in the wild.
A tiny new snail species echoes the angular spirit of modern art.
The saola’s newly sequenced genome offers hope for one of Earth’s rarest mammals.
Researchers hijack cicadas' song organs to play music—including Pachelbel's Canon.
Human fashion can be as powerful as millions of years of evolution – and it’s harming our pets.
It's a quirk tied to our thick skin, sweat glands, and sparse body hair.
Ronin and other HeroRats have been training to smell landmines since they were six weeks old.
A rescued sea lion is shaking up what scientists thought they knew about rhythm and the brain
This insect doesn't play with its food. It just wears it.
Male blue-lined octopuses paralyze their mates to survive the perils of reproduction.
New footage suggests our primate cousins may have their own version of happy hour.
Black rhinos are dangling from helicopters—because it's what’s best for them.
Some people claim same-sex attraction is "unnatural." Biology says otherwise
In a remarkable new study, crows demonstrated an intuitive grasp of geometry—identifying irregular shapes without training.
The culprit is a very familiar one. It's us.
Even good boys and girls can disrupt wildlife in ways you never expected.
Male fruit flies use booze to boost pheromones and charm potential mates—just not too much.
and this isn't a conservation story
Mommy has been living at the Philadelphia Zoo for 90 years, and waited until old age to experience motherhood.
Birds in cities are getting flashier — literally.
Wrasse fish crack open shells with rocks in behavior once thought exclusive to mammals and birds.
An ancient freshwater species may be quietly facing a silent collapse.
This is the first evidence of sound production in a shark.
One bear. Six years. One hidden history of pollution brought to light by a laser.
New research reveals an extraordinary journey across the Pacific that defies what we thought was possible.
Before bees, there were beetles
