Researchers looked back at more than 100 years of research and found that a fascination with annelids with mixed up appendages was strong—and that research still has relevance today...
Birds seem to pay more attention to fine acoustic details that humans cannot hear than to the melodies that captivate us
Science is better when it is inclusive
Energy stored in the front legs of gangly orb-weaving spiders helps them live to mate another day
How a switch in netting material changes what bat biologists discover
A new bio-inspired algorithm picks out the signal from the noise
Weird dental scratches in humans can indicate tool use, but in some macaques, they mean something entirely different
It’s not just physical combat—animals have a host of strategies for building clout
Veterinarians and rabbit owners are racing to protect bunnies as a hemorrhagic disease spreads
A new machine called BirdBot balances walking efficiency and speed
Small flies’ extreme clamping feet let them walk on a flying bee
Citizen science data reveal how the declining species travels from its southern wintering site to its northern breeding grounds
Florida manatees are “talking” up a storm, and a team that has been recording those sounds for seven years is starting to understand the chatter.
Even after four years away from a release site, pigeons took similar paths home
To survive on nutrient-poor blood, less can sometimes be more
With around a third of freshwater fish facing extinction, ichthyologists are racing to discover more—including the 200 species found last year—before they disappear
The fish—some of which have grown up to three pounds—could thrive in the conditions expected with climate change
A speck-sized beetle overturns assumptions about flight mechanics
New research hints at the biophysical underpinnings of their ability to use Earth’s magnetic field lines to find their way to their breeding and wintering grounds
The movements help the arachnids synchronize their attacks
