Animals Pig’s for dinner: invasive feral hogs helped save Australia’s apex predator from extinction August 16, 2022
Animals Scientists recreate the song of a cricket-like insect that hasn’t been seen in 150 years August 15, 2022
Animals Why animals are ‘splooting’ to deal with the heat August 15, 2022 - Updated on March 16, 2023
Animals Scientists discover new species of deep-sea water isopod — and it’s creepier than you think August 15, 2022
Animals Sea sponges ‘sneeze’ out their undigested food in this weird but fascinating video August 11, 2022
Animals Why do hammerhead sharks have hammer-shaped heads? When a defect becomes an asset August 10, 2022 - Updated on October 9, 2023
Animals Jumping spiders may sleep the same way we do, judging by their leg twitches August 9, 2022 - Updated on April 22, 2023
Animals Almost all of Florida’s turtles are now born female. Global heating is to blame August 8, 2022 - Updated on March 16, 2023
Animals Over half of “data deficient” wildlife species are now threatened by extinction August 8, 2022
Animals Weddell seals sacrifice iron from their own bodies to make their pups better divers August 8, 2022
Animals These are the few videos we’ve ever seen of giant squids hunting in the depths of the ocean August 4, 2022
Animals After 50 years, scientists finally reveal the secrets of Europe’s last panda species August 2, 2022
Animals US wants fishing ships to slow down to protect an endangered whale August 2, 2022 - Updated on July 20, 2023
Animals Insects formerly known as “murder hornets” will get a new name — and it’s about time July 28, 2022
Animals Ant colonies resemble neural networks when making decisions July 21, 2022 - Updated on December 20, 2022
Animals Warm-blooded mammalian creatures first appeared 233 million years ago, and the key is in their ears July 20, 2022 - Updated on May 24, 2023
Animals Bears avoid muscle atrophy during “hibernation” — and it’s mainly due to their superblood July 19, 2022 - Updated on January 17, 2023
Animals More than half of today’s threatened species need targeted interventions to stave off extinction July 18, 2022
Animals Rats watching their friends learn how to navigate a setting, helping us better understand our own “internal GPS” July 14, 2022
Animals Is it brain size, or brain-to-body size that makes animals intelligent? Birds suggest it’s both, actually July 12, 2022
Animals Humans are no longer the only mammal on Earth to farm — pocket gophers do so too July 11, 2022 - Updated on July 18, 2022
Animals A helping fin: dolphin poop is helping reefs in the Maldives grow strong and resilient July 6, 2022
Animals Two gruesome orcas are terrorizing South Africa’s great white sharks, slaughtering them for their livers June 30, 2022 - Updated on August 22, 2023
Animals Paleontologists discover stunning 30,000-year-old woolly mammoth baby in Canada June 28, 2022
Animals The British Bulldog is simply too unhealthy now. Don’t get one until things change June 16, 2022
Animals Catnip has an extra effect you probably didn’t know about — and it has to do with cats June 15, 2022 - Updated on June 16, 2022