Rodents and pigs share with certain aquatic organisms the ability to use their intestines for respiration, finds a study publishing May 14th in the journal…
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A team of scientists compared methodologies to count African forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis), which were recently acknowledged by IUCN as a separate, Critically Endangered species…
A male orangutan eating non-fruit vegetation instead of the fruit orangutans prefer on the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia. Credit: Kristana Parinters Makur/Tuanan Orangutan…
A baby bamboo shark born via artificial insemination. Credit: Photo by Jay Harvey, Aquarium of the Pacific It’s a tough time to be a shark.…
Female putty-mosed monkey. Credit: C. Kolopp/WCS Female putty-nosed monkeys use calls just to recruit males when certain predators are detected Results suggest that different “dialects”…
The caecilians found on the southern part of the island are typically yellow with brown splotches. Credit: © Andrew Stanbridge Research adds evidence to century-long…
A new Tel Aviv University study has revealed, for the first time, that bats know the speed of sound from birth. In order to prove…
A view of the head of Strumigenys ayersthey. A newly discovered miniature trap jaw ant from the evergreen tropical forests of Ecuador bears the curious…
Side view of an 11-day-old mantis shrimp (Gonodactylaceus falcatus) larva. The raptorial appendage is folded in bellow the large eyes. Credit: Jacob Harrison, Duke University…
Photo of Kertam, a young male Sumatran rhinoceros from Borneo whose genome was sequenced for this study. Credit: Scuba Zoo A study led by researchers…
This image shows Murembo, a Great Tusker from Tsavo, Kenya’s largest protected area. Credit: John Marais A study reported in the journal Current Biology has…
Illustration showing how the three new species of fossil cloud rats might have looked. Credit: © Velizar Simeonovski, Field Museum Fluffy rodents twice the size…
A new study sequencing the genome of four species of sifakas (Propithecus), a genus of lemurs found in Madagascar’s forests, reveals that these animals’ taste…
The amphibious Scolopendra alcyona Tsukamoto & Shimano inhabits streamside environments, deep in the forests of the Ryukyu Archipelago. Credit: Tokyo Metropolitan University Godly proportions for…
A juvenile Brookesia micra standing on a human finger tip. Credit: Frank Glaw, Jörn Köhler, Ted M. Townsend, Miguel Vences, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia…
A male gorilla chest beating. Credit: Jordi Galbany / Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund The chest beats given by adult male gorillas reliably indicate their body…
If COVID Spread to North American Bats, It Could Be Disastrous – Here Is the Current Risk Assessment
Insect-eating Brazilian free-tailed bats. Credit: Paul Cryan, USGS The risk is low that scientists could pass coronavirus to North American bats during winter research, according…
The giant mihirung Dromornis stirtoni, by artist Peter Trusler. Credit: Peter Trusler The largest flightless bird ever to live weighed in up to 600kg and…
Mandrills grooming each other. This type of monkey continues to care for sick family members while actively avoiding sick individuals who are not their close…
Chimpanzee dung samples were collected across Africa to determine if populations were recently connected despite historical barriers to gene flow. Credit: © PanAf A new…