Animals

  1. Paleontology

    Dimetrodon’s diet redetermined

    The reptilelike Dimetrodon dined mainly on amphibians and sharks, not big herbivores as scientists once believed.

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  2. Animals

    Bees get hooked on flowers’ caffeine buzz

    Flowers drug honey bees with caffeinated nectar to trick them into returning, causing the bees to shift their foraging and dancing behaviors.

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  3. Animals

    Root fungi make or break monarchs’ chances against parasite

    Fungi that live amid the roots of milkweed plants change the chemicals produced in the plant’s leaves, which can either aid or hinder a monarch butterfly’s ability to fight off parasites.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    Elephants’ cancer-protection secret may be in the genes

    An extra dose of cancer-fighting genes may be the secret to elephants’ long life spans.

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  5. Animals

    Ecotourism could bring new dangers to animals

    The presence of kindly tourists could make animals more vulnerable to predation and poaching, a new study warns.

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  6. Animals

    Jumping conchs triumph at overheated athletics

    “Simple” circulatory system outdoes fancier ones in delivering oxygen for jumping conchs in simulated climate change conditions.

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  7. Oceans

    Widespread coral bleaching threatens world’s reefs

    The world’s corals are experiencing their third major bleaching event in 17 years.

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  8. Animals

    Fish have had telescoping jaws for 100 million years

    Around 100 million years ago, fish developed a knack for extending their jaws to snare prey, and they’ve been perfecting this hunting technique ever since.

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  9. Animals

    How the giraffe got its long neck

    A new study of fossils suggests that the giraffe’s defining feature may have started evolving long before modern giraffes came on the scene.

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  10. Animals

    Oldest pregnant horselike fossil found

    A 48-million-year-old fossil of an early horse and fetus is the oldest and best-preserved specimen of its kind.

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  11. Animals

    No eyes, no problem for color-sensing coral larvae

    Switching colors of underwater light can switch preferences for where staghorn corals choose their forever homes.

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  12. Humans

    Chimpanzees show surprising flexibility on two feet

    Chimpanzees’ upper-body flexibility while walking upright suggests ancient hominids walked effectively.

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