ANIMALS

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...

They found 60 million icefish nests. Scientists onboard an icebreaker in Antarctica were blown away when they spied a trove...

And how does mama clean it when it gets dirty? Although many marsupials raise their young in pouches — including...

Fluorescent homes may help wayward insects find their way in the dim twilight Beam a black light into some Vietnamese...

The semiaquatic whale walked on land and swam in water. A semiaquatic whale that lived 43 million years ago was...

Thapunngaka shawi was Australia's biggest known pterosaur. About 110 million years ago in what is now Australia, a flying "dragon"...

It's all in their biology. On the island of St. Helena in the South Atlantic, there lives a creature that...

A preserved tusk revealed how far the animal ranged during its 28-year lifetime. A mammoth that lived in Alaska about...

Meet the sheepshead fish, a common Atlantic coast swimmer with a very crunchy diet. Last week (Aug 3), anglers at...

A new study is a take on the adage, “The enemy of my enemy is my friend.” When parasitic wasps...

A genetic analysis hints that the critters lack the right light-sensing proteins to see color Next time you’re looking at...