Animals
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Tech
Roboroach and company
Cockroaches and lobsters inspire robots that navigate in darkness and track smells.
By Sarah Webb -
Animals
Who’s knocking?
Recordings of calls and drumming provide new evidence that the ivory-billed woodpecker survives.
By Emily Sohn -
Animals
Walktopus
Some octopuses can walk, using two of their eight arms to scoot backward.
By Emily Sohn -
Animals
Sleepless at Sea
Some marine moms and babies stay awake for weeks after the infants are born.
By Emily Sohn -
Health & Medicine
Nature’s medicines
Projects by young scientists show how plants and animals in nature can be a source of new medicines.
By Emily Sohn -
Animals
New mammals
Wildlife biologists have discovered a new type of monkey and an unusual rodent.
By Emily Sohn -
Animals
A Jellyfish’s Blurry View
Some types of jellyfish have great eyes that can't focus.
By Emily Sohn -
Animals
Glimpses of a Legendary Woodpecker
Long feared extinct, the ivory-billed woodpecker has been spotted in Arkansas.
By Emily Sohn -
Animals
Awake at Night
Mutant fruit flies can get by with less sleep than these insects normally need.
By Emily Sohn