Animals

  1. Animals

    Is Amy Tan actually ‘thrilled’ a leech is named after her?

    Novelist Amy Tan answers a lingering question about celebrities honored in scientific names of new species — her namesake is a leech.

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  2. Animals

    How killing wolves to protect livestock may backfire

    Lone wolves are more likely to prey on goats and other livestock than are wolves living in packs, a new study finds.

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  3. Oceans

    Magnetism from underwater power cables doesn’t deter sea life

    High-voltage power cables that ferry electricity across the seafloor do not negatively impact local fish and crabs, new studies show.

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  4. Animals

    The dodo was no dummy

    Dodos may have been quite smart, 3-D skull scans suggest.

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  5. Animals

    Tiger protection in Thailand produces results

    Despite good efforts, the goal of doubling the global tiger population by 2022 looks impossible.

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  6. Earth

    Readers respond to blue tarantulas, multiparticles and white outs

    Readers respond to the January 9, 2016 issue of Science News with thoughts on blue tarantulas, multiparticles, and avalanches.

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  7. Animals

    Rock ant decisions swayed by six-legged social media

    When rock ants start influencing each other with one-on-one social contact, a colony’s collective decisions can change.

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  8. Oceans

    Corals need to take their vitamin C

    Newly settled corals use vitamin C to help build their stony skeletons, researchers propose.

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  9. Animals

    Invasive toads will probably overrun Madagascar

    A new report finds that eradicating invasive Asian toads before they overtake all of Madagascar is “not currently feasible.”

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  10. Paleontology

    Surprise! Ancient armadillos are related to modern armadillos

    DNA evidence proves that ancient glyptodonts are indeed related to today’s armadillos, as Charles Darwin suspected.

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  11. Animals

    Without a ban on trade in old ivory, elephant killing continues

    Samuel Wasser has been working to track down where poached ivory comes from. But to stop the killing, he says, a ban on the ivory trade is necessary.

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  12. Animals

    Chubby king penguins wobble when they waddle

    King penguins’ weight gain makes their waddle a bit wobbly, study suggests.

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