Animals

Female elephants address one another with individualized rumbles

Drought is facilitating the devastating spread of spongy moth caterpillars across U.S. forests

Why are bears both adorable and deadly? Scientific American investigates why these apex predators are “friend-shaped”

Most orangutans take seven years to learn to make their own beds

Make the best of the “double brood” of cicadas with insect kimchi and tempura-fried bugs.

Scientists reveal the face of Australia’s massive, extinct “giga-goose”

Solar storms that create auroras affect Earth’s magnetic field and may cause migratory species, such as many whales and birds, to lose their way

Plainfin midshipmen migrate from the deep sea to the intertidal zone to spawn, and that’s when things really get loud

A common species of cockroach hails from Asia, according to new research that tracks its spread around the globe

Although studies are still mixed and products are often inconsistent, many scientists have hope that cannabidiol can help furry patients with arthritis, allergies and anxiety

Sound recording could take a cue from arachnid acoustics

Eurasian Jays use something similar to humans’ episodic memory to remember where they stored their food