This photo shows a brown tree snake in a tree. Credit: Bjorn Lardner, United States Geological Survey Researchers reporting in Current Biology on January 11, 2021,…
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The brown tree snake, which is nocturnal, was accidentally introduced to Guam in the late 1940s or early 1950s. Credit: Bjorn Lardner, United States Geological…
Saber-toothed cubs playing. Credit: Illustration by Danielle Dufault © Royal Ontario Museum Like many of today’s millennials, adolescent Sabre-Toothed Cats stayed with family longer than…
Platypus young in Victoria, Australia. Often considered the world’s oddest mammal, Australia’s beaver-like, duck-billed platypus exhibits an array of bizarre characteristics: it lays eggs instead…
For animals in the Arctic, life is a balancing act. Seasonal cues, such as warmer spring temperatures or cooler temperatures in the fall, tell animals…
Mini Antibodies Produced by a Llama and Isolated by Neuroscientists Could Prevent COVID-19 Infection
Mini Antibodies Produced by a Llama and Isolated by Neuroscientists Could Prevent COVID-19 Infection
NIH scientists showed that nanobodies isolated from a llama may prevent COVID-19 infections. Infections happen when SARS-CoV-2 virus spike proteins (yellow) latch onto ACE2 receptors…
This photo shows a closeup of the wolf pup’s head, showing her teeth. Credit: Government of Yukon While water blasting at a wall of frozen…
Ubirajara jubatus is named after a Tupi Indian name for ‘lord of the spear’, in reference to the creature’s stiffened, elongate integumentary structures, and jubatus…
Adalatherium fossils. Credit: Simone Hoffmann and Kathrine Pan The bizarre features of this mammal have scientists perplexed as to how it could have evolved; “it…
In 1533, the Bom Jesus — a Portuguese trading vessel carrying 40 tons of cargo including gold, silver, copper and more than 100 elephant tusks…
A photo of the newly discovered species (Cryptops speleorex), the largest inhabitant of the Movile cave (Romania) known to date. Credit: Mihai Baciu, GESS LAB,…
Annual maps of population densities of brown bears, grey wolves, and wolverines in Scandinavia from 2012 to 2018. Credit: Staffan Widstrand Photography (bear); Kjetil Kolbjørnsrud…
Magnapinna squid. Credit: Osterhage et al. (PLOS ONE, 2020) CC BY One of the most remarkable groups of deep-sea squids is the Magnapinnidae, known for…
Most of the world’s leopards are endangered and generally, the number of these shy and stunning cats is decreasing. However, according to a recent study…
Illustration of “Homotherium Latidens.” Credit: University of Copenhagen Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have mapped the entire nuclear genome of a saber-toothed cat. The…
Recent years have witnessed a widespread and catastrophic decline in the number of forest elephants in protected areas in Côte d’Ivoire, according to a study…
Dozens of mammals could be susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 according to a large study modeling how the virus might infect different animals’ cells. Numerous animals may…
Many wild animals lose their fear of predators rapidly after they start encountering humans. Most wild animals show a suite of predator avoidance behaviors such…
A chimpanzee mother’s presence and support throughout the prolonged childhood years allow their offspring time to learn the skills they need to survive in adulthood.…
A new species of freshwater Crustacea has been discovered during an expedition of the desert Lut, known as the hottest place on Earth. Credit: M.…