Animals(Page 48)

The wild denizens that share our planet, including videos, photo essays, and news on recently discovered—or increasingly rare—species.

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The Wolf’s Controversial Return To California
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The Wolf’s Controversial Return To California

By Alexandra Ossola

How Spiders Spin Their Silk, and Why It Can Help Humans
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How Spiders Spin Their Silk, and Why It Can Help Humans

By Rebecca Boyle

Effect Of Fracking On Wildlife Is Basically Unknown
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Effect Of Fracking On Wildlife Is Basically Unknown

By Douglas Main

How Did The Deadliest Strain Of Ebola Travel From Central To West Africa?
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How Did The Deadliest Strain Of Ebola Travel From Central To West Africa?

By Francie Diep

Octopus Broods Its Eggs For 4.5 Years, Longest For Any Animal
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Octopus Broods Its Eggs For 4.5 Years, Longest For Any Animal

By Douglas Main

Far From Blind, Bats Use Polarized Light to Find Their Way
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Far From Blind, Bats Use Polarized Light to Find Their Way

By Rebecca Boyle

Massive slick of anchovy shoal up for a day at the beach
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Massive slick of anchovy shoal up for a day at the beach

By Popular Science Team

How Do Frogs Jump? [Video]
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How Do Frogs Jump? [Video]

By Lindsey Kratochwill

This Wasp Eats Spiders And Stacks Up Corpses Of Stinging Ants
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This Wasp Eats Spiders And Stacks Up Corpses Of Stinging Ants

By Douglas Main

This Squirrel Breaks Record For Tail Size… And May Eat Deer’s Hearts
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This Squirrel Breaks Record For Tail Size… And May Eat Deer’s Hearts

By Douglas Main

How To Help Bats Taking A Dip In Our Backyard Pools
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How To Help Bats Taking A Dip In Our Backyard Pools

By Rebecca Boyle

Using DNA Forensics To Track Elephant Poachers
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Using DNA Forensics To Track Elephant Poachers

By Adrian Linacre / The Conversation

Are Fish As Intelligent As Crows, Chimps… Or People?
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Are Fish As Intelligent As Crows, Chimps… Or People?

By Emily Gertz

How To Set Up Your Endangered Leopard On A Date
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How To Set Up Your Endangered Leopard On A Date

By Francie Diep

What I Learned Hunting Decoy-Weaving Spiders In The Amazon
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What I Learned Hunting Decoy-Weaving Spiders In The Amazon

By Douglas Main

When NASA Paid Researchers To Learn To Talk To Dolphins
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When NASA Paid Researchers To Learn To Talk To Dolphins

By Francie Diep

How Male Dwarf Spiders Use Chastity Belts to Safeguard Their Fatherhood
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How Male Dwarf Spiders Use Chastity Belts to Safeguard Their Fatherhood

By Rebecca Boyle

photo of a cricket-like insect
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This Newfound Species Has The Highest-Pitched Call Recorded

By Douglas Main

The Fish That Could Save Antarctica
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The Fish That Could Save Antarctica

Meet the Mekong Eyeless Spider, Zorro Snake and The Hunch-Bat of Vietnam
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Meet the Mekong Eyeless Spider, Zorro Snake and The Hunch-Bat of Vietnam

By Rebecca Boyle

Is DEET Safe To Use?
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Is DEET Safe To Use?

By Francie Diep

Giant Beetle Threatens Palm Trees Of Hawaii
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Giant Beetle Threatens Palm Trees Of Hawaii

By Sara Novak

What Happens When Mice Eat Nothing But Powdered Food
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What Happens When Mice Eat Nothing But Powdered Food

By Francie Diep

Bats Use Mini Muscles to Tweak Their Wings In Flight, And Drones Could Too
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Bats Use Mini Muscles to Tweak Their Wings In Flight, And Drones Could Too

By Rebecca Boyle

U.S. To Require Gender Equality For Medical Lab Rats
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U.S. To Require Gender Equality For Medical Lab Rats

By Francie Diep

Ancient Bat Poo Helps Preserve The World’s Oldest Fossil Sperm
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Ancient Bat Poo Helps Preserve The World’s Oldest Fossil Sperm

By Rebecca Boyle

Watch: Isabella Rossellini Has A New Series Of Animal Seduction Videos
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Watch: Isabella Rossellini Has A New Series Of Animal Seduction Videos

By Colin Lecher

Giant Anemone Eats Seabird
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Giant Anemone Eats Seabird

By Douglas Main

How Humans And Squid Evolved To Have The Same Eyes
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How Humans And Squid Evolved To Have The Same Eyes

By Malcolm Campbell_, The Conversation_

Jumping Spiders Are the Cutest, and You Can Catch Your Own
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Jumping Spiders Are the Cutest, and You Can Catch Your Own

By Rebecca Boyle

Small Mite Is World’s Fastest Land Animal, Size-For-Size
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Small Mite Is World’s Fastest Land Animal, Size-For-Size

By Douglas Main

Ask Anything: Can Insects Get Fat?
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Ask Anything: Can Insects Get Fat?

By Daniel Engber

Happy Bat Appreciation Day!
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Happy Bat Appreciation Day!

By Rebecca Boyle

Brown bat in flight.
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How Hungry Bats Call Dibs On Dinner, And Warn Others to Back Off

By Rebecca Boyle

Why Do Spiders Apparently Like Cars So Much?
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Why Do Spiders Apparently Like Cars So Much?

By Rebecca Boyle

Watch Rare Footage Of Living, Swimming Oarfish
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Watch Rare Footage Of Living, Swimming Oarfish

By Douglas Main

How One Little Yellow-Shouldered Bat Became Seven Different Species
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How One Little Yellow-Shouldered Bat Became Seven Different Species

How To Produce Caviar Without Killing: Sturgeon Massage
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How To Produce Caviar Without Killing: Sturgeon Massage

By Douglas Main

Dolphin-Squeak-To-English Translator Works In Real Time
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Dolphin-Squeak-To-English Translator Works In Real Time

By Douglas Main

Video: Aesop-Inspired Study Shows Crows Can Be As Smart As Human Children
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Video: Aesop-Inspired Study Shows Crows Can Be As Smart As Human Children

By Douglas Main

Which Animal Species Would Fare Best After Noah’s Ark?
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Which Animal Species Would Fare Best After Noah’s Ark?

By Francie Diep

Squids And Other Invertebrates Can Probably Feel Pain
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Squids And Other Invertebrates Can Probably Feel Pain

By Douglas Main

Oh Whacking Day: Yes, It’s Real, and It’s A Bad Idea
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Oh Whacking Day: Yes, It’s Real, and It’s A Bad Idea

By Rebecca Boyle

There Are 10 Times More Fish In The Sea Than We Thought
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There Are 10 Times More Fish In The Sea Than We Thought

By Douglas Main

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Black Widow Spiders Would Rather Not Bite You Or Beck

By Rebecca Boyle

Exclusive: Inside Google’s Quest To Bring Polar Bears To You
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Exclusive: Inside Google’s Quest To Bring Polar Bears To You

By Jennifer Bogo

The Strange Beauty Of Bioluminescent Fish
Science

The Strange Beauty Of Bioluminescent Fish

By Lindsey Kratochwill

11 Reasons Why Cat Bites May Be Linked To Depression
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11 Reasons Why Cat Bites May Be Linked To Depression

By Douglas Main

Ask Anything: Can You Hypnotize An Animal?
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Ask Anything: Can You Hypnotize An Animal?

By Daniel Engber

Cat Bites Are Linked To Depression
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Cat Bites Are Linked To Depression

By Douglas Main

Modeling Bat-Mobility To Build Better Robobats
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Modeling Bat-Mobility To Build Better Robobats

By Rebecca Boyle

Cat Parasite Found In Arctic Beluga Whales
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Cat Parasite Found In Arctic Beluga Whales

By Emily Gertz

Wolf Decline Could End World’s Longest Predator-Prey Study
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Wolf Decline Could End World’s Longest Predator-Prey Study

By Douglas Main

Environment

Watch A Crow Solve A Complex Puzzle

By Colin Lecher

Like Darwin’s Finches, But Weirder, Bat Faces Showcase Amazing Adaptations
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Like Darwin’s Finches, But Weirder, Bat Faces Showcase Amazing Adaptations

By Rebecca Boyle

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Chickens Wear Prosthetic Dinosaur Tails, For Science

By Colin Lecher

Watch Flying Snakes: They Don’t Need A Plane
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Watch Flying Snakes: They Don’t Need A Plane

By Rebecca Boyle

How To Euthanize A Whale
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How To Euthanize A Whale

By Kelsey D. Atherton

This Leech Can Survive A 24-Hour Submersion in Liquid Nitrogen
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This Leech Can Survive A 24-Hour Submersion in Liquid Nitrogen

By Douglas Main

Big Pic: A Fruit Fly Born In Outer Space
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Big Pic: A Fruit Fly Born In Outer Space

By Francie Diep

Killing One Owl, To Save Another, Ruffles Feathers
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Killing One Owl, To Save Another, Ruffles Feathers

By Douglas Main

Sloth Fur Might Yield New Drugs
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Sloth Fur Might Yield New Drugs

By Douglas Main

Video: A First-Person View Of Falcons Taking Down Crows
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Video: A First-Person View Of Falcons Taking Down Crows

By Colin Lecher

An Infection Turns Swarming Locusts Into Solitary Grasshoppers, Study Finds
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An Infection Turns Swarming Locusts Into Solitary Grasshoppers, Study Finds

By Francie Diep