WEIRD ANIMALS
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 …
“Whispers” (Raccoons, Kassel, Germany) © Jan Piecha / Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2021 View 14 Images – By New Atlas 2021 Dec 30 – It’s been a good 3.5 billion years or so since life kicked off on this planet, but each lap of …
A research station in India is on call 24/7 to aid wayward reptiles in need. Wrangling an eight-foot king cobra is all in a day’s work for Ajay Giri, field director of the Agumbe Reserve Research Station in western India. Mahima A. Jain …
Not everyone is a fan of Turkey Day. E4C via Getty Images – By Jack Lynch, Professor of English, Rutgers University – Newark 2021 Nov 22 – “Meleagris Gallopavo Day” is a bit of a mouthful. Which may be why this Thanksgiving, most …
More than 500 people were hospitalized after powerful thunderstorms drove scorpions from their burrows and into residential houses in the city of Aswan. Mohamed Hamdy Boshta holds a scorpion, one of many that he hunts on Egyptian deserts and shores to extract their …
1st Place – Journeys & Adventures. This is My Jungle! A wild elephant attacks a jeep full of people. Yala National Park, Sri Lanka. Sergey Savvi View 20 Images – By Rich Haridy 2021 Oct 30 – From skydiving over the pyramids of Egypt …
