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Demo-crow-cy: Jackdaws leave the roost by voting
The huge groups take off in sync, but only when the majority wants to do so.
Boat noise is driving humpback whale moms into deep, dangerous water
Increased boat traffic in shallow water is driving humpback whale mothers and their calves farther out into the ocean.
Skydiving salamanders have mastered falling with style
Why climb down the world’s tallest trees when you can take the gravity elevator?
The jumping worm invasion may be less worrisome than it sounds
The threat to homeowners may be low, but ecologists are still concerned about forests.
Climate change-emboldened ticks are killing off moose in Maine
The state is experiencing the worst recorded die-off of calves so far.
Bottlenose dolphins glow-up with coral body scrubs
To keep skin healthy, dolphins will even wait in line for these coral and sea sponge spas.
Octopus mothers often ‘self destruct.’ We might be closer to knowing why.
The dramatic death spiral has long been a mystery.
Deadly tiger encounters are on the rise in India
India is home to the world’s largest wild tiger population. It's protected by conservation mandates. As their habitats can overlap with humans, conflicts are on the rise.
These weird marine critters paved the way for the ‘Cambrian explosion’ of species
Fossils from Newfoundland sea beds give a clue to how early animal communities formed.
By combining screams, chimps seem to know 400 ‘words’
In more than 900 hours of recordings from wild chimpanzees, researchers heard hundreds of unique phrases that could resemble a language.