Plankton swim, then fly

If you're small, surface tension matters more than gravity. Now we understand why only large copepods can swim into the air! More »

How baboons decide

Baboons with GPS collars allow scientists to unravel their group decisions -- which starts to look like a democracy! More »

People order numbers from small on the left to large on the right. So do chickens! Huh? What does this mean? More »

In its muddy home, the electric eel has a stunning ability to detect, disable and destroy prey. More »

Could noisy “soundscapes” disturb captive wildlife? New research suggests sounds matter for white rhino reproduction. More »

The sidewinder rattlesnake winds sideways up hills that would defeat footed animals. A robot snake climbs a hill — returns some More »

The drongo bird utters alarms to frighten other birds away from their food, then swoops in to steal dinner. The drongo may run through More »

Most animals — from flies to people — sleep much more when very young. A new report traces this increased sleep to the brain chemical More »

Bat wings are built like a mammal’s arm—and so their flight is fiendishly complex. More »

By carefully measuring the position of trailing birds, scientists detect a strong preference for the exact spot where their wings are More »

An extermination trick that married insecticide with sugar worked for a while — but then suddenly lost its power against roaches. Now More »

If you teach a group of monkeys that blue corn tastes yucky, they switch to pink corn. What happens when a monkey raised to detest pink More »

An alluring flash pattern is only the first step in firefly reproduction. Females actually pay more attention to the “nuptial gift” More »

How do homing pigeons find their way on their amazing migrations? Scientists thought iron-bearing nerve cells in the beak can detect More »

As colony collapse disorder continues to attack honeybee hives, a new study shows that a common insecticide interferes with their More »