Animals
- Animals
superfast muscles for cooing doves
To coo, a dove's muscles have to contract and relax amazingly quickly.
- Animals
Owls use dung to lure beetles
A burrowing owl spreads dung around its nest to attract beetles.
- Animals
The buzz about mosquitoes
Learning more about mosquitoes can help us control the blood-sucking insects and prevent deadly diseases.
- Animals
Sleep lessons from sparrows
During migration season, certain sparrows remain amazingly alert even when they haven't had much sleep.
- Animals
An inspiring home for apes
A group of scientists wants to establish preserves where orangutans and other primates have the chance to learn and create.
- Animals
Hot tail gives warning
Ground squirrels can heat up their tails to signal and perhaps taunt rattlesnakes.
- Brain
A dog’s amazingly large vocabulary
A border collie named Rico recognizes a surprisingly large number of words.
- Animals
Hippo sweat is natural sunscreen
Hippo "sweat" contains substances that fight microbes and screen out ultraviolet light.
- Animals
Prime time for cicadas
Researchers are tracking down why some types of cicadas emerge in vast numbers only once every 17 years.
- Ecosystems
Frogs get poison from ants
The skin of some frogs becomes poisonous after they eat certain kinds of ants.
- Animals
Noisy boats may bother orcas
Whale watcher boats may be so noisy that killer whales must change their calls to be heard.
- Genetics
What makes a dog?
Analyzing dog DNA is helping to explain the origin, behavior, and diseases of dogs.
