Animals
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AnimalsPandamonium over a Tiny Pest
A parasite threatens efforts to protect China's endangered icon.
By Janet Raloff -
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LifeThese colors don’t run
A chameleon employs different color-changing defenses depending on its predator.
By Susan Milius -
AnimalsWild innovation
Researchers have published a rare description of a wild chimpanzee devising and modifying a novel form of tool use.
By Bruce Bower -
AnimalsPolar bears listed
Polar bear declared "threatened," but Secretary limits decision's impact.
By Susan Milius -
AnimalsTwee Twee Tweetle
Bird brains have a separate pathway for the babbling nonsense of baby talk.
By Susan Milius -
AnimalsSexy side of UV-B
The first evidence of ultraviolet-B courtship in animals comes from jumping spiders.
By Susan Milius -
AnimalsFirst Frog without Lungs
An aquatic frog in fast-flowing water in Borneo turns out to be the first frog species with no lungs.
By Susan Milius -
AnimalsAntibiotic Alligator: Promising proteins lurk in reptile blood
Scientists are zeroing in on alligator blood proteins that show promise for fighting disease-causing microbes.
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AnimalsRobin stole credit for Batman’s deeds
Bats turn out to be overlooked but significant eaters of insects, pests and other arthropods on shade-grown coffee farms and in tropical forests.
By Susan Milius -
AnimalsComb jellies take root in a new tree of animal life
A team of biologists places comb jellies, not sponges, at the base of a new tree of animal life.
By Amy Maxmen -
AnimalsNight Flights: Migrating moths may use a nighttime compass
Silver Y moths choose to fly when wind blows in the same direction that they migrate, and they may even compensate when the wind pushes them off-course.
By Susan Milius