Dolphins Use Seashells to Scoop Up Fish and Eat Them in Rare Hunting Behavior
Some bottlenose dolphins have learned to use tools to help them catch fish, a clever technique that may…
Dutch scientists left a hamster wheel outside. Then, all the animals started playing with it
In 2014, a team of Dutch scientists set out to conduct an unusual experiment. They placed a hamster…
In Washington, Pumas are protecting human lives by preventing vehicle collisions accounting for a 76% reduction in accidents
Whoever thought animals would be able to prevent accidents? According to a recent study published in ‘Current Biology’…
Underwater Cameras Expose the Secret Lives of Whale Sharks
Shark-mounted cameras reveal that whale sharks feed far beyond the surface, using diverse strategies from shallow krill pursuits…
Naked Mole-Rat Queens Release a Chemical to Stop Other Females From Reproducing
It’s tough being a female in a naked mole-rat colony; they live a long life of servitude, maintaining…
Chimpanzees Keep Throwing Stones at the Same Trees – Scientists Want To Know Why
Accumulative stone throwing is a rare, potentially cultural, behavior that has been observed among four groups of wild…
Chernobyl’s Wildlife Cameras Reveal How War Affects Wild Animals
The radioactive region around Chernobyl, Ukraine, the site of the worst nuclear disaster in human history, has become…
Streetlights Are Trapping Thousands of Isopods in Mysterious “Death Spirals”
Habitus of isopods collected during aggregative behavior in Eliad. Credit: Idan Sheizaf, Ariel Chipman, and Eviatar Itzkovich Artificial…
When Humans Went Away, the Wildlife Strayed
Humans do not have to cut down trees or build roads to disrupt wildlife. Their mere presence in…
The Murky Ethics of Swimming With Killer Whales
In the turquoise waters off La Ventana, a sleepy coastal town on Mexico’s Baja peninsula, Claudio Rios, 41,…
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…
A New Study Details How Cats Almost Always Land on Their Feet
It’s well established that when cats fall, they’re able to land perfectly most of the time, nimbly maneuvering…