Animals

Animals

When the giant ants went marching

A new study of an ancient fossil suggests that 50 million years ago, supersized ants went on a cross-continental trek.

Animals

Open eyes, dozing minds

Scientists find that rats that stay up late are neither fully asleep nor fully awake.

Animals

Ants aweigh!

In a flood, fire ants cling together to keep afloat.

Animals

Secrets of the world’s extreme divers

For emperor penguins and other animals, being able to hold their breath the longest could be in the blood

Animals

Big fish in troubled waters

Overfishing cuts number of large predator fish in the ocean.

Oceans

Sea changes

Carbon dioxide is making the oceans more acidic.

Animals

Eating can be skin deep

In the laboratory, bottom-dwelling hagfish absorb nutrients through the skin.

Animals

There’s no ‘i’ in elephant

These clever mammals may know when two trunks are better than one.

Animals

What the cat’s tongue catches

New study shows how cats use physics to drink.

Animals

Census of the oceans

Ten years of work reveals new species, amazing diversity.

Animals

Poop-sniffing mice to the rescue

Animals can detect droppings left by ducks with Bird Flu.

Animals

Afraid of its own fishy reflection

A cichlid brain works differently when the fish attacks its mirror image.