Animals

  1. Animals

    Dead-ant wall protects young spider wasps

    Bone-house wasps probably use a barrier of deceased insects to guard against predators.

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  2. Animals

    Mantis shrimp tune their eyes with sunscreen

    Blocking some rays in just the right way creates six ways of actually seeing ultraviolet light.

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  3. Animals

    Red kangaroo’s tail acts like a fifth leg

    Red kangaroos wield their tails like another limb when moving slowly.

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  4. Ecosystems

    Invasive insect tied to shrinking river

    A river in North Carolina shrank after a hemlock woolly adelgid eradicated eastern hemlock trees in the region.

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  5. Life

    Near reefs, microbial mix dictated by coral and algae

    A reef’s dominant organism, coral or algae, may determine what kind of bacteria live there.

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  6. Animals

    Emperor penguin population could decline by 2100

    Emperor penguins’ reign over Antarctic sea ice could be in decline by the beginning of the 22nd century.

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  7. Animals

    Why great white shark sightings are good news

    Conservation measures implemented in the 1990s halted a decline in great white sharks in the Atlantic.

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  8. Animals

    To ID birds, try facial recognition

    Improve your backyard birding using facial recognition software.

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  9. Life

    A new view of dinosaurs, a clearer view of lunar origins

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  10. Astronomy

    Feedback

    Readers debate about what happens when an astronaut falls into a black hole, compare note-taking techniques, speculate on bat longevity and more.

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  11. Animals

    Ant lions hunt despite sealed lips

    Ant lions are ferocious predators, but some of them don’t have a mouth. At least not in the usual sense.

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  12. Animals

    Mysterious neurotoxin may help flatworms kill prey

    Tetrodotoxin, the deadly chemical in pufferfish, could help flatworms transform their earthworm prey into puddles of goo.

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