Animals
- Physics
Earth’s lowly rumble
From rumbling volcanoes to grumbling elephants, scientists are eavesdropping on the lowest sounds on Earth.
- Animals
Mouse Songs
Male mice appear to string together chirpy, high-pitched noises to create songs.
- Animals
Fishing for Giant Squid
An underwater camera has snapped the first pictures of a live giant squid.
- Animals
Sea lilies on the run
A video shows that sea animals known as stalked crinoids do more than just creep along.
- Animals
A Spider’s Taste for Blood
Certain jumping spiders prey on mosquitoes that have drawn blood from animals.
- Animals
Bee heat cooks invaders
Certain honeybees in Asia use their body heat to kill attacking wasps.
- Animals
From Chimps to People
Although chimpanzees and people share many genes, there are key biological differences.
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- Tech
Roboroach and company
Cockroaches and lobsters inspire robots that navigate in darkness and track smells.
- Animals
Who’s knocking?
Recordings of calls and drumming provide new evidence that the ivory-billed woodpecker survives.
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- Animals
Sleepless at Sea
Some marine moms and babies stay awake for weeks after the infants are born.
