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Male Amazon river dolphins pee into the air, confusing scientists
Researchers say they have made a startling discovery in the Amazon River. But their evidence wasn’t collected from the water—it could be seen from shore. After around 219 hours of observations, they...
View ArticleKiller whales murder great white sharks for their livers
The recent autopsy of a partially devoured great white shark confirms a brutal hunting trend—killer whales around the world are not afraid to attack the fearsome fish, especially when they get a taste...
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Frogs rescued from a deadly fungus welcome 33 froglets
Following a 7,000-mile-long rescue mission for conservation, 33 tiny Southern Darwin’s frogs (Rhinoderma darwinii) were born at London Zoo. This species is particularly susceptible to the deadly...
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The Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice winners capture nature...
A snarling honey badger stares down a cape porcupine in Botswana. It’s a brief pause in a life-or-death fight between the two animals. The porcupine bought some time with its sharp quills but a leg...
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After the asteroid, the earliest bird ancestors thrived in Antarctica
With its glaciers and sub-zero temperatures, Antarctica hardly seems like a place of refuge. However, the now icy continent might have been just that for the early ancestors of today’s living...
View ArticleRelax, Whiskers. Scotland is not banning cats
Cat lovers in Scotland can breathe a collective sigh of relief. The Scottish government will not be banning felines in the country home to an estimated 840,000 pet cats. First Minister John Swinney...
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How mantis shrimp protect their powerful ‘fists’ of fury
They may be colorful and small, but mantis shrimp are not to be trifled with. These carnivorous crustaceans pack a powerful punch that can smash mollusk shells at speeds of up to 50 miles per hour and...
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Hunting for Burmese pythons is best done in the dark
In a state known for its alligators, theme parks, and sun-seeking tourists of all stripes, Burmese pythons (Python bivittatus) are one unwelcome visitor. Thousands of these roughly 13-foot-long snakes...
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Smugglers try to disguise giant beetles as Japanese snacks, unsuccessfully
It sounds like the stuff of nightmares: you open a bag of potato chips hoping for a snack, only to find a 6-inch-long stag beetle crawling inside the container. Now multiply that scenario 37 times....
View ArticleFighting monkeys cause nationwide blackout in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka has grappled with a struggling energy grid for years, and monkeys are making it worse. On Sunday at around 11:00 local time (12:30 AM EST), a nationwide blackout forced its 22 million...
View ArticleRare fly species wears fake termite head to infiltrate nests
The natural world is full of tricksters. African daisies can imitate flies to trick real insects into attempting to mate with them and depositing precious pollen. Some spiders can scuttle around like...
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These sea turtles ‘dance’ when magnetic fields lead them to a snack
Loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) are pretty loyal marine reptiles. Even with their roughly 8,000-mile-long migrations across oceans, they consistently return to the same feeding and nesting...
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500,000 years ago, a bunch of animals fell into a Florida sink hole
Roughly half a million years ago, a group of armadillo-like mammals, horses, and sloths met their end in a sinkhole in what would become Florida. That sinkhole in the state’s wooded Big Bend region...
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Baby seals are wearing heart monitors–for science
During bitter cold Canadian winters, roughly 300,000 to 400,000 grey seals meet up on Sable Island. This remote sandbar off the coast of Nova Scotia is where the pinnipeds rest, breed, give birth to...
View ArticleCuttlefish ink can help keep sharks away from humans
The murky ink from cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) could help deter sharks from hunting near where people are swimming. After a team at University College Dublin created models of the olfactory systems...
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Skull of a 30-million-year-old apex predator discovered in Egypt
About 30 million years ago, parts of Egypt were covered in lush forests. Within those trees, lurked an order of fearsome big cat-sized carnivores called Hyaenodonta. These apex predators thrived after...
View ArticleGruesome bear fights once entertained Elizabethan England
London’s Globe Theatre, first built in 1599, served as the Elizabethan era’s artistic and cultural hub. But for every play written by William Shakespeare for the stage, the city’s surrounding Bankside...
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Wild fish can recognize human divers
As more species are admitted into the “smart” animals club, fish can be overlooked. While some archerfish were able to recognize computer-generated images of human faces in a series of laboratory...
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Emus might not be the ‘world’s dumbest bird’ after all
The insult “bird brain” should probably be retired. Eurasian jays can pass the marshmallow test, some species have ”culture”, and even extinct avians like the dodo were probably smarter than we...
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15 breathtaking images from the Underwater Photographer of the Year 2025 awards
Dog boops. Cat boops. Sea lion boops? You bet. A young South American sea lion (Otaria flavescens) approaches divers off the coast of the West Falkland Islands, curious about the human visitors. He...
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