Animals

Animals

Don’t judge a whale’s gut microbiome by diet alone

Evolutionary history and diet may both determine the microbes that live in a baleen whale's stomach, researchers report.

Animals

Alpine bee tongues shorten as climate warms

Pollinators’ match with certain alpine flowers erodes as climate change pushes fast evolution.

Animals

How to see sea turtles — without bothering them

Sea turtles come out of the water to lay eggs on beaches. It’s a great time to see the reptiles — if you know what you are doing.

Animals

These fish would rather walk

Slowpokes of the sea, frogfish and handfish creep along the ocean bottom.

Animals

Blue-footed boobies dirty their eggs to hide them from predators

Blue-footed boobies lay bright white eggs on the ground. Dirtying the eggs camouflages them against gulls, a new study finds.

Oceans

Giant barrel sponges are hijacking Florida’s coral reefs

Giant barrel sponges are gradually taking over and threatening Florida’s coral reefs, a new census suggests.

Animals

Why we need predators

It might be easy to say that we should wipe out species that can kill us. But the effects of such action would be far ranging.

Animals

Warmer waters give Arctic mosquitoes a growth spurt

Arctic mosquitoes develop faster in warmer waters, outpacing increased predation.

Animals

Dogs flub problem-solving test

Confronting a tough task, dogs are more likely than wolves to give up and gaze at a human

Animals

For a female mosquito, the wrong guy can mean no babies

Male Asian tiger mosquitoes leave female yellow fever mosquitoes uninterested in mating with their own species, a process known as “satyrization.”

Ecosystems

Patrolling bats protect corn fields from pests

Bats play a key role in protecting corn from pests and fungus.

Animals

Shipwreck provides window into Tudor-era cod fishing

In the 1500s, England was feeding its navy with fish caught far from home, a new study finds.