Animals

Last week—in what might somehow qualify as good news for 2020—bug scientists in Washington State reported…

The platypus is nature’s crazy quilt, as this strange creature looks like about a half-dozen different animals all…

Black biologist Charles Henry Turner was doing groundbreaking research into animal cognition at the turn of the 20th…

Octopuses, with their eight suction-cup-covered arms, can taste objects simply by touching them. A team of…

A re-analysis of two fossils found in the 1980s has led to the discovery of an absolutely enormous Antarctic seabird.

An isolated coral reef measuring 1,640 feet tall has been discovered off the coast of Australia. Known as a detached…

Finally, some good news this year.

Someone—maybe an adolescent, maybe someone older—rushed across the edge of Lake Otero, slipping as they walked but…

Entomologists in Washington have confirmed the existence of a nest of Asian giant hornets, more fondly known as…

The diabolical ironclad beetle, in addition to having one of the coolest names in the animal kingdom, boasts one of…

Scientists have mapped the entire nuclear genome of a saber-toothed cat species known as Homotherium latidens, also…

A newly discovered species of tardigrade that glows blue when exposed to ultraviolet light uses the powers of…

A conservation group has tracked a migration for the ages, in which a male bar-tailed godwit flew from Alaska to New…

Humans aren’t the only creatures at risk from dying of covid-19, it seems. In recent weeks, the state of Utah has…

A species of fire ant can turn tiny grains of sand into a powerful tool for extracting food, in a clever design…

The West Coast is dealing with murder hornets entering a “slaughter phase.” Now the East Coast is getting in on the…

African rainforests are home to some of the most delightful and surprising species on Earth, as demonstrated by…

Scientists say this one weird trick will make a cat like you, or at least not be so repulsed by you.

Scientists are struggling to explain why orcas swimming off the Iberian Peninsula have started to attack sailing…

Some birds are gifted with shockingly long lives. In captivity, crows can live into their 50s. Certain parrot…