Animals

  1. Animals

    Bird nest riddle: Which shape came first?

    Today’s simple cup-shaped songbird nests look as if they just had to have evolved before roofed nests. But that could be backward.

    By Susan Milius
  2. Animals

    Hoverflies (probably) can’t sense gravity

    Acrobatic insects called hoverflies may simply use visual and airflow cues and not gravity to orient their bodies midair.

    By Helen Thompson
  3. Animals

    Evidence piles up for popular pesticides’ link to pollinator problems

    Neonicotinoid pesticides linked to population declines in California butterflies and wild bee extinctions in Great Britain.

    By Helen Thompson
  4. Animals

    Lizard mom’s microbiome may protect her eggs

    Striped plateau lizard moms don’t do any parenting beyond laying eggs. But they may convey protection from pathogens with help from their microbiome.

    By Sarah Zielinski
  5. Animals

    Female fish have a fail-safe for surprise sperm attacks

    A Mediterranean fish provides evidence that, even after laying their eggs, females can still influence who fertilizes them.

    By Helen Thompson
  6. Animals

    Capybaras may be poised to be Florida’s next invasive rodent

    Some capybaras have escaped their owners in Florida. Others have been set loose. Now there are fears the giant rodents could become established in the state.

    By Sarah Zielinski
  7. Animals

    Anemone proteins offer clue to restoring hearing loss

    Proteins that sea anemones use to regenerate may help restore damaged hearing in mammals.

    By Cassie Martin
  8. Animals

    Study ranks Greenland shark as longest-lived vertebrate

    Radiocarbon in eye lenses suggests mysterious Greenland sharks might live for almost 400 years.

    By Susan Milius
  9. Animals

    Colugo genome reveals gliders as primate cousins

    New genetic analysis suggests gliding mammals called colugos are actually sisters to modern primates.

    By Helen Thompson
  10. Animals

    Colugo genome reveals gliders as primate cousins

    New genetic analysis suggests gliding mammals called colugos are actually sisters to modern primates.

    By Helen Thompson
  11. Earth

    General relativity has readers feeling upside down

    Readers respond to the June 25, 2016, issue of Science News with questions on Earth's age, moaning whales, plate tectonics and more.

    By Science News Staff
  12. Paleontology

    T. rex look-alike unearthed in Patagonia

    A new dinosaur species discovered in Patagonia has the runty forearms of a Tyrannosaurus rex, but is not closely related to the gigantic predator.

    By Meghan Rosen