Animals

  1. Animals

    The running of the quolls

    Northern quolls run like crazy to find mates.

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  2. Ecosystems

    When animals invade human spaces

    ‘Feral Cities’ explores the wildlife living amongst us, sometimes noticed and sometimes not.

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  3. Animals

    Lemurs expected to lose much of their ranges this century

    As the climate warms, Madagascar’s little primates will lose habitat, threatening some with extinction.

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  4. Animals

    How a young praying mantis makes a precision leap

    Videos of juvenile praying mantises flying through the air reveal how the insects manage to always make a perfect landing.

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  5. Animals

    Killer whales follow postmenopausal leaders

    Taking the lead on salmon hunts may be postmenopausal killer whales’ way of sharing their ecological knowledge.

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  6. Animals

    Insects may undermine trees’ ability to store carbon

    Insects eat more leaves on trees grown in carbon dioxide-rich environments than those grown without the extra CO2. That may undermine forests as carbon sinks in the future.

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  7. Animals

    How pigeons bob and weave through obstacles

    When navigating an obstacle course, pigeons weigh energy efficiency against the danger of collision, research finds.

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  8. Plants

    Tropical plant knows whose bill is in its flowers

    A rainforest plant avoids inbreeding by accepting pollen only from hummingbird species that must travel to reach it.

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  9. Animals

    Delicate spider takes down tough prey by attacking weak spots

    The Loxosceles gaucho recluse spider can take down a heavily armored harvestman by attacking its weak spots, a new study reveals.

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  10. Life

    Sexual conflict in mosquitoes may have worsened spread of malaria

    Sexual conflict in Anopheles mosquitoes may have intensified their power to fuel human malaria.

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  11. Plants

    Beetle RNA makes crops a noxious meal

    When beetles munch plants bearing their RNA, genes the bugs need to survive are turned off.

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  12. Neuroscience

    Bees may merge their flower memories

    Bumblebees sometimes prefer fake flowers with the combined patterns and colors of ones seen before, suggesting they merge memories of past experiences.

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