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Sea slugs harness the power of the sun to show off their colors
Sea slugs don’t shy away from the fish, crabs, sea turtles, or even other sea slugs that might want to take a bite out of them. Instead, the brightest and most patterned sea slugs are more active...
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Filmmaker James Cameron on penguins, arctic cold, and lowlight cameras
James Cameron wasn’t near the penguins this time around, but he is extremely familiar with their environment. “When I went to Antarctica myself, I had a Nikon still camera adapted to the cold with...
View ArticleWild chimps sharing ‘boozy’ fruit caught on camera for the first time
In the wild, some animals have a taste for fermented fruit–which contains small amounts of alcohol. Now, for the first time, wild chimpanzees have been filmed eating and sharing this boozy fruit with...
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To protect birds and motorists, engineers build a steel nest box on bridge
For the osprey that call New York’s Hudson Valley home, the bridges offer a tempting nesting ground. Positioned high above the fish-filled Hudson River, the large birds have a nest on top of the Bear...
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Rattlesnakes may evolve specialized venoms
A longstanding theory in evolutionary biology is that venomous predators like rattlesnakes often develop complex venoms in order to immobilize the widest variety of prey. The more ecologically diverse...
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Watch endangered marsupials return to Australian bushland after 62 years
The University of Sydney and conservation organization Aussie Ark recently released 15 endangered eastern quolls (Dasyurus viverrinus) into a controlled bushland environment. The medium-sized,...
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Extinct hell ant species used specialized jaws to impale its prey
While there could be thousands of billions of ants crawling around the Earth today, few match the fiercity of the extinct “hell ants” of the Cretaceous period. From the subfamily Haidomyrmecinae,...
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‘Bone collector’ caterpillar wears the body parts of dead bugs
Imagine you’re a spider nestled comfortably in your messy cobweb built into the dark nook of a rotted log. You live in a humid forest on a mountainside in Hawai’i. Insects stumble their way into your...
View ArticleWatch an owl try to eat a turtle whole
Forget a weekend Netflix binge-watching session. The Cornell Bird Cams have some of the best reality programming around, with important science and conservation knowledge about our feathered friends...
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20 unforgettable wildlife images documenting our fragile world
In the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest of Uganda, two young gorillas playfully taunt each other during a game of chase. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has listed mountain...
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