Wildlife(Page 27)

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A fish that barely sleeps could help turn humans into all-night party animals

A fish that barely sleeps could help turn humans into all-night party animals

By Claire Maldarelli

Meet the birds that work as wingmen for other males

Meet the birds that work as wingmen for other males

By Kate Baggaley

This year’s Super Bowl stadium is an avian death trap

This year’s Super Bowl stadium is an avian death trap

By Jessica Boddy

Listen to this orca saying ‘hello’—for science!

By Sara Chodosh

This tiny shark eats grass and it’s doing just fine

This tiny shark eats grass and it’s doing just fine

By Kate Baggaley

male superb bird of paradise

These bird feathers are so black your eyes can’t focus on them

By Dakota McCoy/The Conversation

Most male Emperor penguins fast for 115 days—but a few of them may sneak snacks

Most male Emperor penguins fast for 115 days—but a few of them may sneak snacks

By Mary Beth Griggs

Seagulls are eating all of our garbage

Seagulls are eating all of our garbage

By Kate Baggaley

The world’s fastest shark is no match for a sack of flaccid hagfish skin

The world’s fastest shark is no match for a sack of flaccid hagfish skin

By Sara Chodosh

This human-sized penguin isn’t even the largest ancient penguin we know about

This human-sized penguin isn’t even the largest ancient penguin we know about

By Rachel Feltman

Humans may be scaring narwhals to death

Humans may be scaring narwhals to death

By Kate Baggaley

Reconstruction of the amphibious bird-like dinosaur Halszkaraptor

This new, duck-like dinosaur is so wacky scientists thought it was fake

By Rachel Feltman

Endangered Species

Local knowledge can save endangered animals

By Leanne Cullen-Unsworth, Benjamin L. Jones, and Richard K.F. Unsworth/The Conversation

Cecil the Lion’s infamous death didn’t actually do much to change trophy-hunting laws

Cecil the Lion’s infamous death didn’t actually do much to change trophy-hunting laws

By Kate Baggaley

Yetis are real, they just also happen to be Himalayan brown bears

Yetis are real, they just also happen to be Himalayan brown bears

By Sara Chodosh

Ranking the Types of Bear Species

By Dan Nosowitz

stuffed frill shark head

Yes, the frilled shark is really freaky. But there are other ‘living fossils’ that are just as weird.

By Rachel Feltman

silvertip shark

Why some sharks are like blimps, and others are like airplanes

By Sara Chodosh

Orangutan skull

We may have a new cousin in this orangutan species—but it’s in big trouble

By Rachel Feltman

Looking for bats in all the wrong places

Looking for bats in all the wrong places

By Kendra Pierre-Louis

Bats, too, love the city life

Bats, too, love the city life

By Kendra Pierre-Louis

Vampire bats could soon swarm to the United States

Vampire bats could soon swarm to the United States

By Kate Baggaley

Holy Harp Trap, Batman! The gear researchers use to study bats

Holy Harp Trap, Batman! The gear researchers use to study bats

By Kendra Pierre-Louis

One cave’s losing battle against a deadly bat fungus

One cave’s losing battle against a deadly bat fungus

By Kendra Pierre-Louis

Great tits aren’t the only things evolving to adapt to humans. Here are 12 others.

Great tits aren’t the only things evolving to adapt to humans. Here are 12 others.

By Sara Chodosh

These dirty birds show why we need natural history museums

These dirty birds show why we need natural history museums

By Mary Beth Griggs

The world’s fastest shark is in trouble

The world’s fastest shark is in trouble

By Kate Baggaley

These male jumping spiders evolved dance moves because the ladies ignore them

These male jumping spiders evolved dance moves because the ladies ignore them

By Sara Chodosh

Archive Gallery: Man vs. Shark

Archive Gallery: Man vs. Shark

Florida’s climate might—maybe—save a handful of America’s ash trees

Endangered Species

Florida’s climate might—maybe—save a handful of America’s ash trees

By Ellen Airhart

These jellyfish don’t have brains, but still somehow seem to sleep

By Nicole Wetsman

Eel shocks scientist

One scientist’s truly shocking quest to understand eels

By Ellen Airhart

Wildfires raged over nine states for the first half of September. Here’s what will rise from the ashes.

Wildfires raged over nine states for the first half of September. Here’s what will rise from the ashes.

By Ellen Airhart

Meet the man fighting to save our country’s rarest chickens

Meet the man fighting to save our country’s rarest chickens

By Maryn McKenna

Bats’ echolocation has one major blind spot

Bats’ echolocation has one major blind spot

By Mary Beth Griggs

Space weather may be killing sperm whales

Space weather may be killing sperm whales

By Sara Chodosh

person holding a bat

Hurricane Harvey’s putting bats at risk—but help is on the way

By Ellen Airhart

Why fish can’t help but eat our plastic garbage

Why fish can’t help but eat our plastic garbage

By Kendra Pierre-Louis

How goldfish use booze to get through a hard winter

By Rachel Feltman

Bats are disappearing from churches in Sweden, and that’s not a good thing

By Mary Beth Griggs

Why scientists are racing to uncover the Greenland shark’s secrets

Why scientists are racing to uncover the Greenland shark’s secrets

By Kendra Pierre-Louis

hoodwinker sunfish

Meet an elusive, tragic, and incredibly bizarre new species of fish

By Sara Chodosh

Ravens are so smart it’s actually kind of disconcerting, new study finds

Ravens are so smart it’s actually kind of disconcerting, new study finds

By Sara Chodosh

To save endangered whales, look to the poop

Endangered Species

To save endangered whales, look to the poop

By Kate Baggaley

Sea spiders use their guts to pump oxygen through their freaky little bodies

Sea spiders use their guts to pump oxygen through their freaky little bodies

Jellyfish use high-powered ‘syringes’ to shoot venom into your skin

Jellyfish use high-powered ‘syringes’ to shoot venom into your skin

By Mary Beth Griggs

Cockatoos make their own lil drumsticks to play music

Cockatoos make their own lil drumsticks to play music

By Sara Kiley Watson

Pandas, which are basically giant poop machines, may inadvertently help save other species

Pandas, which are basically giant poop machines, may inadvertently help save other species

By Rachel Feltman

Birds’ ability to fly could determine the shape of their eggs

Birds’ ability to fly could determine the shape of their eggs

By Aparna Nathan

Toxic mercury levels are actually declining in Alaskan polar bears—but that’s not as great as it sounds

Toxic mercury levels are actually declining in Alaskan polar bears—but that’s not as great as it sounds

By Aparna Nathan

A bird’s song might be in her genes

A bird’s song might be in her genes

By Mary Beth Griggs

Slimy, fleshy lips dripping with snot help these fish eat stinging corals

Slimy, fleshy lips dripping with snot help these fish eat stinging corals

By Mary Beth Griggs

Why whales are back in New York City

Why whales are back in New York City

By Kendra Pierre-Louis

How the Galapagos cormorant forgot how to fly

How the Galapagos cormorant forgot how to fly

By Mary Beth Griggs

Faceless fish aren’t the only absurd creatures emerging from Australia’s Eastern Abyss

By Sara Chodosh

How one community rallied to save turtles from becoming roadkill

How one community rallied to save turtles from becoming roadkill

By Mary Beth Griggs

No, menstrual blood does not attract sharks

No, menstrual blood does not attract sharks

By Rachel Feltman

Whales today are bigger than ever before. Now, we know why.

Whales today are bigger than ever before. Now, we know why.

By Mary Beth Griggs

Turtle hatchling close-up, Texas

It’s World Turtle Day, so here are a bunch of adorable turtles

By Kendra Pierre-Louis

New Zealand’s yellow-eyed penguin is waddling towards extinction

New Zealand’s yellow-eyed penguin is waddling towards extinction

By Kendra Pierre-Louis

Love eating chicken? Thank hungry Medieval Catholics.

Love eating chicken? Thank hungry Medieval Catholics.

Your guide to the practical uses of hagfish slime, glowworm glue, and other animal goo

Your guide to the practical uses of hagfish slime, glowworm glue, and other animal goo

By Kate Baggaley

Octopuses can basically edit their own genes on the fly

Octopuses can basically edit their own genes on the fly

By Rachel Feltman

Living with a lynx—for science

Living with a lynx—for science

By Thomas McNamee