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World’s oldest living aquarium fish could be 100 years young
Australian lungfish like Methuselah are native to only to two river systems in Australia and they can use a single lung to breathe air. Gayle Laird/California Academy of Sciences The world’s oldest...
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This parasite deploys mucus slime balls to make ‘zombie ants’
A dissected ant and where you can see the encapsulated parasites (white oval structures) spilling out of the hind body. Brian Lund Fredensborg Just in time for spooky season, scientists have learned...
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How do bats stay cancer-free? The answer could be lifesaving for humans.
Egyptian fruit bats were one of the species included in a new genetic immunity study on bats and other mammals. YASSER AL-ZAYYAT/AFP via Getty Images After getting bit by a bat bug at a recent...
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As humans get louder, monkeys mark more territory
Pied tamarin monkeys live in a small geographic range in Brazil, where they eat fruits, flowers, and various tree gums and saps. Jacob Dunn/Anglia Ruskin University In an increasingly noisy world,...
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Sea the beauty of the world’s oceans with these 12 award-worthy photos
A manatee enjoys the crystal-clear waters of the Homosassa River. Shot in Florida. Sylvie Ayer/Ocean Photographer of the Year The oceans cover more than 70 percent of the Earth’s surface, but humans...
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These 24-eyed jellyfish learn from their mistakes
A Caribbean box jellyfish has four parallel brain-like structures with roughly 1,000 nerve cells in each. Jan Bielecki Jellyfish are an undeniable evolutionary success story, surviving at least 500...
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Grizzlies are getting killed by roads, but the risks are bigger than roadkill
Roadside encounters with grizzly bears can be dangerous, but not in the way you'd think. DepositPhotos More than 4 million miles of roads crisscross the US. So it’s little surprise that roadkill makes...
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South Africa’s Missing sharks have been found
Great white sharks were once abundant in South Africa’s False Bay and Gansbaai regions. But now, they appear to have ventured to safer waters elsewhere. Morne Hardenberg Courtesy Hakai Magazine This...
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Meet the first electric blue tarantula known to science
Chilobrachys natanicharum is the first tarantula species found in Thailand’s mangrove trees. CREDIT: Yuranan Nanthaisong/ZooKeys. Yuranan Nanthaisong/ZooKeys Scientists in Thailand have discovered a...
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Mysterious ‘fairy circles’ may appear on three different continents
Aerial view of a hot air balloon over Namib desert. The circular “fairy circles” are derived from any vegetation & surrounded by tall grass. Getty Images The natural circles that pop up on the...
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To protect wild bumblebees, people have to find them first
A quarter of North America’s almost 50 bumblebee species are at risk of extinction due to human-caused habitat loss and climate change. Deposit Photos This article was originally featured on High...
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How many ancient humans does it take to fight off a giant hyena?
Giant hyenas went extinct about 500,000 years ago, but were roughly 240 pounds and skilled scavengers like their modern counterparts. Deposit Photos One of the most enduring mysteries about our...
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A boiling hot supercontinent could kill all mammals in 250 million years
In roughly 250 million years, tectonic activity could push together all of our current landmasses into a supercontinent like Pangea and make the climate inhospitable to humans and other mammals....
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This 6-million-year-old turtle shell still has some DNA
The researchers found preserved bone cells in the carapace, which exhibited structures like the nucleus of a cell, where DNA traces were found. Edwin Cadena/Universidad del Rosario/Smithsonian...
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Why are these orcas harassing porpoises? Scientists have 3 theories.
A killer whale in the Salish Sea is observed harassing a porpoise, a behavior that has long perplexed scientists. Wild Orca Despite only eating fish, the Southern Resident orcas of the Pacific...
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This fluffy anteater could be a new species
A silky anteater, small enough to sit comfortably in your palm, rests in the canopy of a mangrove forest in Brazil’s Parnaíba Delta. Photo courtesy of João Marcos Rosa This article was originally...
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Robotic ‘Super Monster Wolves’ are guarding Japanese towns against bears
It may not look like a real wolf to you, but it does the trick against boars and bears. Wolf Kamuy Stories about solar-powered robotic wolves first surfaced back in 2017 after Japanese researchers...
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No two parakeets sound exactly the same
Monk parakeets could have a unique tone of voice just like humans do. Deposit Photos Parrots are the chatterboxes of the animal kingdom. These famously social birds can learn new sounds throughout...
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This robot trio mimics the life cycle of a frog
The robots are inspired by frogs' multiple life stages. Colorado State University New quadrupedal robots, based on years of research alongside some amphibian inspiration, could one day crawl and...
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How we can help the most endangered class of animals survive climate change
The Morona-Santiago stubfoot toad (Atelopus halihelos) in Ecuador is listed as critically endangered. Jaime Culebras/Photo Wildlife Tours Earth’s amphibians are in serious trouble, but there is still...
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