Animals

Rabbits spotted with hornlike growths on their face in northern Colorado are doing better than they look

Without a venomous bite, some spiders use a disturbing second option to prepare their food

New research is revealing how disease-smelling dogs can excel

Proposed amendments to the Marine Mammal Protection Act would cut down protections to whales, dolphins, polar bears and other species

A devastating bacterium has decimated populations of sunflower sea stars, predators that play a crucial role in their environment

Birds are starting to make their way south for the winter, and you’ve got a front-row seat to the show

Bird flu fears have focused on the poultry and dairy industries and human health. But wild animals are threatened, too—at scales no one fully understands

Dolphins seem to “feel” their way across the sea with narrow, sweeping beams of sonar

A certain species of sea slug steals chloroplasts from algae and houses its contraband in special organelles that it can raid for food in times of need

Massaging one another with kelp could help orcas keep their skin healthy

Researchers bring a SETI approach to the question of what—if anything—humpbacks’ underwater smoke rings might be trying to “say”

New research shows father-daughter relationships have a positive influence on female baboons’ lives—when the dads stick around