Animals

  1. Animals

    Navigating by the light of the moon

    A dung beetle is the first animal found to navigate by detecting a property of moonlight.

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  2. Animals

    Ant invasions change the rules

    Ant invaders may wreck the rules by which entire communities of their peers work.

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  3. Animals

    Booby brothers and bullies

    Baby brown boobies can be pretty rough and tough in the nest.

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  4. Animals

    Better tools for techno crows

    Certain crows can make tools and even refine their designs.

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  5. Animals

    Fish nests with pizzazz

    Fish known as three-spined sticklebacks go gaga over decorating their nests.

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  6. Animals

    Lucky survival for black cats

    A cat's black color may date back to a mutation that also protected the felines from diseases a long time ago.

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  7. Environment

    Cliff snails and rock climbers

    Rock climbers can accidentally wipe out communities of cliff snails.

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  8. Animals

    Shoot the poop

    Some caterpillars get rid of their waste with ballistic force.

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  9. Animals

    Childhood chills give bees six left feet

    If the bees are raised in cold temperatures, their dancing skills seem to go down the drain.

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