Animals

Animals

Humpbacks make a comeback in British Columbia

Whale numbers double at a feeding site in Canada.

Animals

Avoiding feces may be ‘luxury’ wild mice can’t afford

For a mouse in the woods, finding any food at all may trump poopy locations.

Life

Many genes in dolphins and bats evolved in the same way to allow echolocation

Widespread changes scattered across the genomes of distantly related species cooperated to craft the trait.

Animals

Seeking the loneliest whale

An enigmatic whale roams the North Pacific, and next year Bruce Mate will lead a monthlong expedition to find it.

Animals

Collision Course

The tales of two ornithologists trying to prevent birds colliding with windows highlight the obstacles facing applied biology.

Animals

Rats induced into hibernation-like state

Injection of compound causes animals to slow heartbeat, lower body temperature.

Animals

New fungus species found killing salamanders

First there was amphibian killer fungus Bd. Now there's Bs.

Animals

Traveling with elders helps whooping cranes fly straight

Rare data show birds get more efficient the more they migrate along route between Wisconsin and Florida.

Animals

Porpoises Can Teach Man Marine Diving, Detection

Excerpt from the September 7, 1963, issue of Science News Letter

Animals

For sheep horns, bigger is not better

Trade-offs between studliness and survival keep less endowed sheep in the mix.

Animals

Birds know road speed limits

Crows, house sparrows and other species judge when to flee the asphalt by average traffic rates rather than an oncoming car's speed.

Plants

Dastardly daisies

This flower isn’t just any old sex cheat. It can be sexually deceptive three ways and in 3-D.