Animals
Octopuses Used in Research Could Receive Same Protections as Monkeys
For the first time in the U.S., research with cephalopods might require approval by an ethics committee
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Animals
More People Die from Venomous Snakebites Each Year Than Have Ever Died from Ebola
In low- and middle-income nations, snakebite envenoming is more deadly than almost any other neglected tropical disease
Animals
How the Woolly Bear Caterpillar Does Something Pretty Amazing to Survive the Winter
Caterpillars can’t regulate their body temperatures, so they have to come up with a totally different strategy to make it through the coldest months of the year.
Animals
Bees ‘Buzz’ in More Ways Than You Might Think
A honeybee swarm has as much electric charge as a thundercloud, and the insects’ mass movements in the atmosphere might even have some influence on the weather.
Animals
Why Do Cats Knead like They’re Making Biscuits?
Often nicknamed “making biscuits,” kneading is a good sign that your cat is happy, experts say
Animals
This Lesbian Monkey Love Triangle Tells Us Something Really Interesting About Darwin’s ‘Paradox’
A “Darwinian paradox” is that homosexual activity occurs even though it does not lead to or aid in reproduction. But if you visit three capuchin monkeys in Los Angeles, they’ll show you how beneficial their liaisons are...
Animals
Male Monkeys Have More Sex with Other Males Than with Females in This Well-Studied Group
Does the prevalence of same-sex encounters in a group of Puerto Rican monkeys enhance their ability to pass along their genes?
Animals
Adorable Moth-Size Bats Found in the Pacific Islands’ Largest Bat Cave
An expedition has discovered a remote Fijian cave with thousands of microbats thought to be nearly extinct
Animals
Migratory Birds Are in Peril, but Knowing Where They Are at Night Could Help Save Them
Light is a very dangerous, if not so obvious, threat to birds who migrate at night. But researchers are using weather radar to track birds and provide “lights out” forecasts to help keep their paths clear of visual distraction...
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Artificial Intelligence Is Helping Us ‘See’ Some of the Billions of Birds Migrating at Night
Science is turning to machines to unlock the secrets of the vast, mysterious pulse-of-the-planet phenomenon that is nocturnal migration.
Animals
The Hot Secret behind a Deep-Sea ‘Octopus Garden’
Thousands of usually solitary octopuses gather to brood eggs in a special spot off California
Animals
Here’s How You Go Birding in the Middle of the Night
If you really want to challenging your bird identification skills, try using them at night, when bird calls are less than 100 milliseconds long.
Animals
How a Color-Changing Hogfish Knows whether Its Skin Is White, Brown or Polka-Dotted
A hogfish may provide the first example of a vertebrate with specialized light-detecting cells that reside outside the central nervous system
Animals
Can Dogs Use Language?
The “button dogs” of TikTok seem to be learning human words. What’s really going on?
Animals
Using Human-Sized Microphones and Hay Bales, They Unlocked the Mysteries of Bird Migration
For thousands of years, no one truly knew how birds migrated—that is, until a few unlikely pioneers sat in an empty field with hundreds of pounds of kludged together recording gear and waited to hear sounds that no one had ever captured...
Animals
The Fast, Furious and Brutally Short Life of an African Male Lion
From the moment a male lion is born, it faces a gauntlet of challenges, ranging from snakebite to infanticide
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They Tap Into the Magical, Hidden Pulse of the Planet, but What is the Nighttime Bird Surveillance Network?
On any given night, dense clouds of dark, ghostly figures pass over your head as you sleep. Maybe you never knew they were there, but there are people out there who are deciphering all the unseen movement that happens amid the darkness...
Ecology
Strange Ecosystem Found Thriving below Seafloor Hydrothermal Vents
An expedition using a deep-sea remotely operated vehicle has uncovered a hidden underground ecosystem below hydrothermal vents on the seafloor
Animals
‘Virgin Birth’ Engineered into Female Animals for First Time
Scientists altered the genomes of female fruit flies, allowing them to reproduce without any contribution from a male
Animals
These Salamanders Steal Genes and Can Have up to Five Extra Sets of Chromosomes
Unisexual salamanders in the genus Ambystoma appear to be the only creatures in the world that reproduce the way they do. Researchers know how, but the why is still being figured out...
