Animals

  1. Animals

    A trout’s nose-y magnets

    Cells in a fish’s snout respond to magnets.

    By Stephen Ornes
  2. Animals

    Cool Jobs: Studying what you love

    Researchers study the same animals that fascinated them as kids.

    By Roberta Kwok
  3. Animals

    Chimp’s gift for numbers

    Translating numbers into colors may explain an animal’s apparent memory trick.

    By Stephen Ornes
  4. Animals

    Bye-bye, George

    Ambassador of endangered species everywhere dies from old age.

    By Janet Raloff
  5. Animals

    Skeeters ride the rain

    Mosquitoes survive collisions with raindrops by going with the flow.

    By Stephen Ornes
  6. Animals

    Mammals feel the heat

    Scientists predict some animals won’t be able to keep up with Earth’s increasing temperatures.

    By Stephen Ornes
  7. Animals

    Jelly babies

    Population of jellyfish-like creatures contains only young animals, no adults.

    By Roberta Kwok
  8. Animals

    Caecilians: The other amphibian

    Legless creatures live secretive, strange existences underground and underwater.

    By Roberta Kwok
  9. Animals

    Baboons detect bogus words

    Some monkeys know a real word when they see it.

    By Stephen Ornes
  10. Animals

    Animal buddies

    Humans aren’t the only animals that benefit from friends.

    By Stephen Ornes
  11. Animals

    Can’t touch this: Unusual venomous creatures

    Scientists study a cast of creatures to learn how to use toxins to treat pain and disease.

    By Sharon Pochron
  12. Animals

    Speedy sharkskin

    Tiny, toothlike bumps boost sharks’ swiftness.

    By Jennifer Cutraro