Animals

Animals

Big squid

Florida fishermen recently hauled in a squid that's like no other ever found in the Atlantic Ocean.

Animals

Cacophony acoustics

How do frogs hear each other in a noisy pond? Just the way we would, as it turns out.

Animals

Helping the cause of macaws

Scientists' discoveries about macaws may help these magnificent birds survive.

Animals

Revenge of the cowbirds

Some cowbirds seem to force other birds to raise their chicks.

Animals

A meal plan for birds

Scrub jays do a bird version of planning ahead for their next meal.

Animals

Odor-chasing penguins

Penguins may use their sense of smell to locate food in the ocean.

Animals

Chicken eggs as drug factories

Researchers have created chickens that produce useful drugs in their eggs.

Animals

G-Tunes with a Message

Apes known as gibbons can rearrange the notes of their songs to communicate with one another.

Animals

The Littlest Lemurs

Studies of mouse lemurs may tell us something about our own origins.

Animals

A tongue and a half

A nectar-sipping bat from South America has a skinny tongue that's longer than its body.

Animals

Lives of a mole rat

The toothy mammals known as mole rats have highly unusual bodies, brains, and social lives.

Animals

Chicken talk

Chickens can make meaningful sounds that, like words, refer to objects around them.