Animals

Don’t have the energy to catch your own meal? This dolphin has a gross solution

Science is helping to peel back the layers of how dogs process the world around them

Up and down the Pacific coast, dead gray whales are mysteriously washing ashore—and scientists think they know why

Flying leads to positive emotions and optimism in Galahs

From flashing fireflies to human music, many biological rhythms appear to converge on the same rhythmic range

The silliest science awards of the year are here, but the Ig Nobels aren’t just funny business

The endangered animals displayed a first in raccoons and their kin

Scientists named this oddball creature after the Demogorgon from Stranger Things

Recent changes to the implementation of the Endangered Species Act could put wildlife at risk

Forests, extreme weather and the realities of a warming world

The unicorn of the sea’s spiral tooth has long been a scientific enigma

The U.S. is spending millions to try to control feral hogs, but are those efforts in vain?