Animals

  1. Animals

    Slow-moving nurse sharks have a metabolism to match

    The nurse shark has the slowest metabolism of any shark measured so far, a new study finds.

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  2. Animals

    Saving salamanders from amphibian killer may take extreme measures

    Experience from lethal Bd fungus outbreak is helping researchers defend North America’s salamander paradise from new Bsal threat.

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  3. Animals

    Africa’s poison arrow beetles are key in traditional hunting method

    In the Kalahari of Namibia, some San people still hunt with a traditional method — arrows laced with poison taken from beetle larvae.

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  4. Tech

    This roach-inspired robot can wiggle through tight spaces

    Cockroaches inspired a compressible, crevice-navigating robot.

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  5. Animals

    White-tailed deer have their own form of malaria

    The otherwise well-studied white-tailed deer turns out to carry the first malaria parasite discovered in any deer.

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  6. Animals

    Harvester ants are restless, enigmatic architects

    Florida harvester ants dig complex, curly nests over, then leave and do it again.

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  7. Animals

    Why some birds sing elaborate songs in the winter

    Several obvious hypotheses fail to explain why great reed warblers sing in winter.

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  8. Animals

    Meet the tarantula in black

    Named for Johnny Cash, a new species of tarantula makes its home in the shadow of Folsom Prison.

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  9. Animals

    Microbes may help bears stay healthy when fat for hibernation

    Brown bears fatten up for hibernation without suffering from weight-related problems. A new study shows that their gut microbes may help.

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  10. Genetics

    Bedbug genome spills secrets of violence, weird sex

    Maps of bedbugs’ genetic material reveal clues to their success.

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  11. Animals

    Purpose of zebra stripes remains a mystery

    Zebra stripes don’t help the animals disappear in the vision of predators, a new study finds.

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  12. Animals

    Behavior, body size impact bats’ fight against white-nose syndrome

    Behavioral and physical traits buffer some bats against white-nose syndrome while leaving others vulnerable.

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