ANIMALS

Genetic sequences called transposons help regulate learning. Octopuses are brainy creatures with sophisticated smarts, and now scientists have uncovered a...

Sleepy skeeters lagged behind well-rested ones when offered a researcher’s leg to feed on Turns out there is rest for...

Serenading with like voices may help male wood frogs woo females into their pool Loud sounds matter in both car...

Local authorities suggest the young humpback did it on purpose.   Watching a gigantic whale fly through the air as...

Most bears live in the Northern Hemisphere; polar bears are no exception. The Arctic and Antarctica, while similar habitats in...

Web vibrations help them coordinate when to strike Pack hunting spiders exist in places other than your nightmares. While most...

Do some ants smell like chocolate and blue cheese? Skunks are notoriously stinky. The musk ox, true to its name,...

A local man took matters into his own hands to save the trapped croc. A 13-foot-long (4 meters) crocodile on...

Only the largest males get to mate, so the pressure to eat and grow is extreme If you’re a male...

House cat skulls have gotten significantly smaller over the last 10,000 years, and so have their brains. Thousands of years...

Hammerhead flatworms are often described outside their native range. Scientists have discovered an alien hammerhead flatworm species that looks a...

Parasitic gall wasps don't get out much. For the vast majority of their year-long lives, from eggs to larvae, pupae...

Thanks to a combination of sensing the Earth's magnetic field through vision and an in-built compass that allows them to...

Some bears are more aggressive than others, researchers say. A "highly predatory" brown bear woke up from hibernation and killed...

The trek is the longest ever recorded among hares and their relatives Arctic hares can go the distance. A member...

Hippos respond differently to the calls of familiar and unfamiliar hippos. The thunderous calls of common hippos can be heard...

Were these "jerks of the sea" acting kindly? In a strange encounter off the coast of western Australia, a pod...

Experts predict that such nonhuman-to-human “xenotransplants” may become a viable option within the next decade It’s an exciting time to...

Which animals have the longest arms? Based on size alone, humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) would easily crush all other competition...

Skeletons of "kungas" discovered in a princely burial. Mesopotamians were using hybrids of domesticated donkeys and wild asses to pull...