Animals

If you’re a silphid beetle, a dead body is all your children really want, and it’s your job—no matter how difficult—to get one for them.

The savanna is a dangerous place: it has lions, buffalo and poachers. What scares animals the most in a South African national park?

Media reports suggest an unprecedented outbreak of bed bugs in Paris, but experts aren’t so sure anything is out of the ordinary

New research suggests that solar storms interfere with the magnetic compass that birds use for long-distance travel

Canine experts weigh in on a TikTok dog vision filter and the rich sensory world of humanity’s best friends

Cats have attained evolutionary perfection

Male hellbender salamanders normally tend their young, but lately they’ve been devouring them instead

A battery-free GPS may change the game for tracking elusive animals

After eight years maturing in a burrow, male tarantulas venture out to mate, then die a cruel death

Scientists have uncovered an ancient trilobite’s last meal preserved inside a nearly intact fossil

The evolution of a chemical defense gland allowed the most diverse group of beetles to repel predators and go on to conquer wholly new environments

For the first time in the U.S., research with cephalopods might require approval by an ethics committee