Animals

  1. Animals

    Gray seals snack on harbor porpoises

    Photo evidence confirms seals' fatal attacks on harbor porpoises in the English Channel, suggesting that declines in the seals' usual fare are forcing the animals to seek out other high-energy food.

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  2. Animals

    Animals were the original twerkers

    From black widow spiders to birds and bees, shaking that booty goes way back.

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  3. Animals

    Mantis shrimp’s bizarre visual system may save brainpower

    The mantis shrimp sees each color separately with one of a dozen kinds of specialized cells, a system that may help the animal quickly see colors without a lot of brainpower.

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  4. Animals

    Eight ways that animals survive the winter

    Migrating to a warmer place is just the start when it comes to finding ways to stay toasty as temperatures drop.

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  5. Animals

    Sloths, moths, algae may live in three-way benefit pact

    Insects and green slime may justify the slow mammal’s risky descent from trees.

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  6. Animals

    Sperm on a stick for springtails

    Many males of the tiny soil organisms sustain their species by leaving drops of sperm glistening here and there in the landscape in case a female chooses to pick one up.

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  7. Animals

    Insect queens sterilize workers with similar chemical

    When exposed to a form of saturated hydrocarbons that mimicked the queen’s scent, the worker insects’ ovaries degraded.

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  8. Animals

    Jellyfish bloom in spring when winter ‘timer’ dings

    The coordinated appearance of the adult form of the animal is the result of a metamorphosis hormone that accumulates during winter months.

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  9. Animals

    African vultures follow the dead, not the herd

    Wildebeest may be numerous, but they’re not attractive to carrion-eating birds unless they’re about to die.

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  10. Animals

    Head cam shows how falcons track prey

    Falcons use motion camouflage to capture flying prey, a new study shows.

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  11. Animals

    Swimming dolphins don’t need to cheat

    Dolphins swimming through bubbles burst old notion of underpowered muscles.

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  12. Life

    V-flying birds pick efficient flapping pattern

    Ibises time their flaps to catch a boost from a neighbor’s wing.

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