Animals

Animals

How to find the next pandemic virus before it finds us

Wild animals carry viruses that can sicken people. Monitoring those viral hosts that pose the greatest risk might help prevent a new pandemic.

Animals

Lots of frogs and salamanders have a secret glow

A widespread ability to glow in brilliant colors could make amphibians easier to track down in the wild.

Animals

Scientists Say: Echolocation

This word describes a method that some animals use to sense their environments by making sounds and listening for their echoes.

Animals

Let’s learn about the creepy crawlies in your home

From ants to spiders to crickets to bed bugs — a whole host of insects and other arthropods may be hanging out with you at home.

Animals

Conservation is going to the dogs

Scientists are now training dogs to help track rare, elusive — and sometimes invasive — plants and animals.

Animals

Try This: Walking on water with science

Water striders walk on water. How do they do it? They spread out. This experiment will show you how it works.

Animals

Let’s learn about electric eels

Learn about where an electric eel’s powerful jolt comes from and more with this collection of stories.

Animals

Pandas use their heads as a kind of extra limb for climbing

Their short legs on a stout bear body mean pandas use a rare technique to climb up a tree.

Animals

Here’s how butterfly wings keep cool in the sun

Butterfly wings sport structures that let living tissues release more heat than the rest of the wing.

Animals

What would it take to make a unicorn?

Onward’s dumpster-diving unicorns seem like an impossibility. But scientists have some ideas about how unicorns could become real.

Animals

Ouch! Jellyfish snot can hurt people who never touch the animal

A goo shed by at least one species of upside-down jellyfish contains stinging cells. They can cause pain even to creatures that never touch the jelly.

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How an encounter with this odd-looking bird inspired a career

Kevin Burgio overcame many hardships to become a scientist. Now he studies how animals like the Carolina parakeet and Tasmanian tiger went extinct.