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Beluga Whale Live Cam brings the ‘canaries of the sea’ to your screen
Glittery white, ice-dwelling beluga whales log hours of chattering from their melons as they navigate their frosty world. These canaries of the sea are also among some of the most charismatic summer...
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Ssssso many snakes: Watch a ‘mega-den’ of rattlesnakes in real time
A group of rattlesnake researchers from California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly) have installed a camera system called the RattleCam at a “mega-den” of rattlesnakes in Colorado. The cameras...
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The Bird Buddy is the best bird feeder camera at its best price ever for...
The Bird Buddy is one of the coolest products we reviewed last year. It looks like a typical bird feeder, but it has a built-in, high-res camera that allows you to see your new avian pals up close. It...
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Expedition finds a 10-inch long millipede lost to science for 126 years
An expedition into Madagascar’s largest and most intact forest found 21 species that had been considered lost to science. A team studying the Makira Forest found three iridescent, nearly translucent...
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106 critically endangered Siamese crocodile eggs spotted in Cambodia
In a conservation victory, 106 eggs belonging to rare Siamese crocodiles (Crocodylus siamensis) were recently discovered in Cambodia’s Cardamom National Park. Sixty of the eggs have successfully...
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Ant gets bee-slapped, and other strange bug moments
Some honey bees in parts of Asia have an effective way of keeping intruders out of their hives. They slap them–with lightning speed. Video included in a study published July 10 in the journal Ecology...
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It’s sploot season: Animals strike a pose to chill out
We’re baking in the dog days of summer, so some animals are cooling off with a little ‘sploot.’ This is where they sprawl out, typically with their faces down and arms and legs sticking out at the...
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15 photographs documenting the silly, serene, and savage side of the animal...
Bickering kangaroos, a mouthful of frog eggs, and a baby bat clinging to its mother mid-flight. The images from the 2023 Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year showcase wildlife in...
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Early humans butchered enormous armadillos
South America was once home to some giant armadillo ancestors. About 20,000 years ago, these plated mammals called Glyptodonts skulked around present day Argentina. They varied in size from about 661...
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Breakthrough cobra venom antidote discovered
A breakthrough from an international research team has produced a cheap new antidote to deadly cobra venom using a surprising source—a commonplace blood thinner. Cobras aren’t technically the world’s...
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Chimp conversations can take on human-like chaos
To get our points across, humans use numerous gestures and shift the speed and tone of our speech. We are not the only members of the animal kingdom to do this. According to new observations from a...
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Early humans butchered enormous armadillos
South America was once home to some giant armadillo ancestors. About 20,000 years ago, these plated mammals called Glyptodonts skulked around present day Argentina. They varied in size from about 661...
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Sharks are testing positive for cocaine
Fish ingesting microplastics is bad enough, but new analysis points to additional humanmade issues. According to a study published on July 15 in Science of the Total Environment, researchers at...
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Butterflies and moths suck up pollen with static electricity
While bees get most of the pollination hype, butterflies and moths are some of our planet’s power pollinators. While in flight, they collect so much static electricity that pollen grains from flowers...
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Baby teeth reveal surprisingly long lifespans of small Jurassic mammals
A team of paleontologists combing through Scotland’s fossil-rich and misty Isle of Skye discovered the remains of a small, but exciting, early mammal. The mouse-sized creature called a Krusatodon was...
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This taco-shaped critter is a big (evolutionary) deal
Over 500 million years ago, a taco-shaped marine organism named Odaraia swam up from the bottom of the ocean and up into the water itself. Despite being only about 7.8 inches long, the journey that...
View ArticleAll living birds share an ‘iridescent’ ancestor
Parrots, toucans, and other brightly colored tropical birds are typically found exactly there–the tropics. Those that live further north and south tend to have more bland feathers. The origin of these...
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Abandoned Pacific walrus calf rescued in Alaska
A team at the Alaska SeaLife Center (ASLC) is currently caring for a Pacific walrus calf. She was likely left behind by her herd in Utqiagvik, the northernmost city in Alaska, about 320 miles north of...
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A new theory on why fireflies glow—and why they need help
Their ethereal yellow (or green, or red) glow popping up from the grass signals summer. While there may be as many as 2,400 species of firefly on Earth, these flying, bioluminescent insects are under...
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The upside-down sex lives of Charles Darwin’s frogs
Some frog species play dead to avoid mating. Others change color to avoid confusion during mating season. Charles Darwin’s frogs (Minervarya charlesdarwini) do it a little differently. This tiny...
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