Animals

Animals

With Tasmanian devils gone, possums come down from the trees

In areas where Tasmanian devils have largely disappeared, their prey is becoming more adventuresome, a new study finds.

Animals

Moon jellies muscle their way to recovery

Symmetrization, using rapid muscle movements to repair body symmetry, is the go-to healing mechanism for the limbed stage of moon jellyfish.

Animals

Male peacocks keep eyes low when checking out competition

Eye-tracking technology shows peacocks barely gaze at the full height of other males magnificent eyespot feather spreads.

Animals

How a trap-jaw ant carries a baby

Powerful jaws make the Odontomachus brunneus ant a skilled escape artist.

Animals

Why whistling caterpillars scare birds

Caterpillars that whistle when birds peck at them may be giving phony avian warning calls.

Animals

Pigs don’t deserve the name ‘Lesser Beasts’

From ancient forests to modern farms, pigs’ relationship with humans has been symbiotic.

Animals

Could the dinos of ‘Jurassic World’ become invasive?

Even if they escaped their island home, the giant reptiles of ‘Jurassic World’ probably wouldn’t survive on the mainland. But the movie’s plants are another story.

Animals

Newly discovered tiny frogs live on islands in the sky

Scientists find seven new species of frogs in southern Brazil, and more could be waiting, they say.

Animals

Chimps get buzzed on fermented tree sap

Scientists have documented the first case of chimpanzees drinking ethanol in the wild.

Animals

Camera traps provide treasure trove of African animal pics

Scientists set up hundreds of cameras across Serengeti National Park to capture images of predators and their prey.

Paleontology

Horned dino aside, here are some other fun fossil finds

Here's a roundup of some fossil finds reported this week.

Animals

‘Virgin births’ won’t save endangered sawfish

Sawfish are the first wild vertebrates found to reproduce via parthenogenesis.