Ravens Don’t Follow Wolves, They Predict Them
Two ravens soar above a wolf pack in Yellowstone. This type of short-distance following is common, but prolonged…
Hollywood Has Finally Made a Hippo Horror Movie. It’s About Time
Speaking as a big horror fan, I think 2026 has gotten off to a good start, with plenty…
A bonobo named Kanzi could play pretend, challenging ideas about animal imaginations
Kanzi, a language-trained bonobo, identified and tracked pretend objects across tea party-like experiments, marking the first controlled…
Raccoons Keep Picking Locks Even After They’ve Eaten the Reward. Scientists Say They Do It to “Forage Information”
A raccoon and puzzlebox from the experiment. Credit: Hannah Griebling The marshmallow was gone, but the trash pandas…
Will humans and animals ever be able to converse? Here’s what science says.
Studying the ways different species communicate—through sight, sound, and scent—is challenging. Many species live in remote habitats, or…
Wild chimpanzees in Uganda are drinking the equivalent of a beer a day
One of the boozy chimps. Credit: Aleksey Maro/UC Berkeley Since you can’t exactly breathalyze a wild ape, Aleksey…
Tiny Dunnart Newborns, Each the Size of a Grain of Rice, Filmed for the First Time Making a Life-or-Death Climb to Their Mother’s Pouch
The fat-tailed dunnart (Sminthopsis crassicaudata). Credit: Wikimedia Commons For an animal smaller than a paper clip, the first…
Scientists are amazed after spotting chimpanzees start their own fashion trend
While Paris buzzes with the glitz of Haute Couture Fashion Week, another kind of fashionista is stealing the…
Cows have BFF to whales can drown: 11 super weird animal facts you probably didn’t know
Nature doesn’t try to impress us. It just exists, quietly doing strange, brilliant things whether we’re watching or…
How Fearsome Wolves Became Loyal Dogs — and Changed Human History Forever
The dog diverged from a now-extinct population of wolves 27,000–40,000 years ago, before or during the Last Glacial…
These Frogs Don’t Just Survive Venomous Murder Hornets—They Devour Them
Here’s something to remember next time you’re grousing about the long line at your favorite sandwich shop: Some…
Oldest of the Old: The Greenland Shark
The Greenland shark is the longest-lived vertebrate on this planet, that we know of. It’s been showing up…