Animals

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.

Animals

Walktopus

Some octopuses can walk, using two of their eight arms to scoot backward.

Animals

Sleepless at Sea

Some marine moms and babies stay awake for weeks after the infants are born.

Animals

Dolphin Sponge Moms

Young dolphins learn tool use from their mothers.

Animals

Clone wars

Armies of sea anemones attack each other in raging wars.

Health & Medicine

Nature’s medicines

Projects by young scientists show how plants and animals in nature can be a source of new medicines.

Animals

New mammals

Wildlife biologists have discovered a new type of monkey and an unusual rodent.

Animals

A Jellyfish’s Blurry View

Some types of jellyfish have great eyes that can't focus.

Animals

Glimpses of a Legendary Woodpecker

Long feared extinct, the ivory-billed woodpecker has been spotted in Arkansas.

Animals

Awake at Night

Mutant fruit flies can get by with less sleep than these insects normally need.

Animals

Putting a Mouse on Pause

A gas known as hydrogen sulfide can put mice into a state resembling hibernation.