Animals
The wild denizens that share our planet, including videos, photo essays, and news on recently discovered—or increasingly rare—species.
Latest Animals Stories
What happened when scientists taught parrots to video chat?
Belugas may be jiggling their melons to communicate
Orangutan observed using a plant to treat an open wound
They swim and they spin: Meet the aquatic spiders
Boston Dynamics gives Spot bot a furry makeover
How saber-toothed cats’ baby teeth kept their adult fangs from breaking
Tire toxicity faces fresh scrutiny after salmon die-offs
Lab mice might be doing their own experiments
Early trauma can shorten a red squirrel’s lifespan
This 400-pound prehistoric salmon had tusks like a warthog
Why animals run faster than their robot doppelgängers… for now
These birds help humans hunt for honey—but it’s not as sweet as you might think
Bioluminescence may have evolved 300 million years earlier than scientists previously thought
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Critically endangered lemur attacked by vulnerable fosa in Madagascar
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Explore Animals
Can niche lives of bats help them avoid the white-nose syndrome?
Why fruit bats can eat tons of sugar without getting diabetes
Scientists are confounded by the sex lives of serontine bats
How do bats stay cancer-free? The answer could be lifesaving for humans.
These species were discovered in museum collections. They might already be extinct.
How echolocation lets bats, dolphins, and even people navigate by sound
Oldest bat skeleton ever found by paleontologists finally has a name
The alluring tail of the Luna moth is surprisingly useless for finding a mate
Benefit your neighborhood bats with this DIY bat house
The secrets to fighting the next pandemic could be in fruit bats
Bat-like echolocation could help these robots find lost people
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