Animals

Animals

As toddlers, chimps are major risk takers

Human kiddos are generally too closely supervised to be able to monkey around as much as young chimps. Instead, older kids — teens — are usually the bigger risk takers.

Fossils

Prehistoric ‘sea’ monster also lurked in rivers, data show

A 66-million-year-old fossil tooth turned up alongside remains of a T. rex and ancient crocodile. This shows some mosasaurs roamed into rivers.

Animals

Lions have a second roar that scientists have only just discovered

This insight from machine-learning analyses of recordings of calls in the wild might help detect where lions are declining.

Animals

Chicago’s Rat Hole? Science concludes it’s likely not from a rat

Researchers employed tools of paleontology to analyze the iconic landmark — a sidewalk critter crater made when a mystery rodent fell into wet concrete.

Animals

Is it possible to be invisible?

Fiction is full of characters with the power to vanish. But some animals have real-life ways to become nearly invisible.

Animals

RNA from mummified woolly mammoth is the oldest ever recovered

Genetic details from the animal, named Yuka, give a snapshot into its last moments alive. The mammoth had been preserved in permafrost for 40,000 years.

Animals

Radioactive animals don’t glow — but do show the power of radiation

Wild species exposed to nuclear contamination help show how radiation affects living things — including its risks to people.

Animals

Some Antarctic fish arrange their nests into odd shapes

Scientists found nests organized into curves, clusters and ovals on the Antarctic seabed. Such groupings may protect the fish eggs from predators.

Animals

Woodpeckers grunt like tennis players when they peck

The birds grunt like tennis pros when making their rat-a-tat, a strategy that may help steady their movements.

Animals

Polar bears leave thousands of tons of food scraps for other species

The new finding quantifies how much of polar bears' food goes uneaten. As these bears decline, Arctic scavengers risk losing a critical food source.

Tech

Let’s learn about lab-grown meat

Lab-grown meat may still be several years away from your local grocery. But such alternatives to farmed or free-range meats are on their way.

Animals

Flamingos hunt by creating their own underwater tornadoes

Chilean flamingos use their beaks and feet to create underwater whirlpools that suck in prey.