WEIRD ANIMALS
White-tailed deer are one of the few wild species that scientists have found to be infected with the coronavirus – at least so far. Andrew C/WikimediaCommons, CC BY – Authors Sue VandeWoude, University Distinguished Professor of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology and Director of …
According to researcher Marc-Antoine Fardin, under the right circumstances, cats’ bodies can behave like liquids. Nevena Uzurov/Moment via Getty Images – Authors By Beth Daley, Editor and General Manager and Thalia Plata, Editor Interviewed Jean Berko Gleason, Professor Emerita of Psychological and Brain …
The US Department of Agriculture has been called in to trap and relocate the feisty fowl before they begin nesting. Wild turkeys have been causing trouble at NASA’s Ames Center in Mountain View, California, pecking at cars, blocking traffic and leaving droppings everywhere. …
The Guardian picture essay House of bears: polar bears living in an abandoned weather station in Kolyuchin. Photograph: Dmitry Kokh – Photographer Dmitry Kokh discovered polar bears living in an abandoned weather station in Kolyuchin, in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug of the Russian …
The longspine squirrelfish is just one of many fishes that has something to say. Depositphotos – By Ben Coxworth 2022 Jan 28 – We generally don’t think of fish as being a vocal bunch – after all, anglers don’t typically use “fish calls” to …
A Bohemian waxwing eating mountain ash berries. Lisa Hupp, USFWS/Flickr Authors: Evan Fricke, Faculty Fellow in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Rice University Alejandro Ordóñez, Assistant Professor of Global Change Biology, Aarhus University Haldre Rogers, Associate Professor of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, Iowa …
See how researchers determined dogs can tell the difference between languages 01:47 By Ashley Strickland, CNN Updated 2022 Jan 08 – A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free …
Two new studies have demonstrated that animals can be detected through airborne DNA. FamVeldman/Depositphotos – By Michael Irving 2022 Jan 06 – Animals are constantly shedding DNA into their environment, traces of which can then be detected in soil and water – and now, …
Climbers must climb, diggers must dig and runners must run. Doris Rudd Designs, Photography/Moment via Getty Images – By Michael J. Renner, Professor of Biology, Psychology, and Environmental Science & Sustainability, and director of the program in Zoo & Conservation Science, Drake University …
A goldfish “takes the wheel” of the Fish Operated Vehicle. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev – By Ben Coxworth 2022 Jan 05 – One might think that certain animals are only able to navigate within the environment in which their species evolved. According to …
