20+ hour, 42+ min ago   (913+ words) New research suggests lake sturgeon may live for centuries, reshaping conservation plans for one of the Great Lakes’ rarest fish. Some of the lake sturgeon swimming in the Great Lakes may have been there before the United States existed. That…...

22+ hour, 22+ min ago   (1076+ words) The genes behind bat lifespan overlap with the genes that handle viruses, and one key immune gene comes in up to three copies. A bigger mammal usually lives longer, and bats are a striking exception. Among the mouse-eared bats, body…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (840+ words) A bizarre belemnite fossil from Wyoming has been identified as a new species, revealing the thickest known member of this ancient squid relative group. There’s a fossil in a Wyoming museum drawer that spent two decades being, essentially, a mystery…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (1008+ words) Seattle coyotes live at nine times the density of Washington's wild lands, with fewer predators, fewer hunters, and far more to eat. Coyotes tend to avoid people. Yet they live far closer together in Seattle than in the wild country…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (984+ words) Small stickleback shoals lined up and swam closer together in murky water, and the tighter fish groups reached food faster. A shoal of fish stays together mostly by sight. Each fish watches its neighbors and adjusts, so when silt or…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (791+ words) A 23-million-year fossil record shows Africa's giant mammals slowly vanished over time because evolution stopped replacing them. Ten million years ago, an African floodplain carried more kinds of giant plant-eaters than most people could name today. Early relatives of elephants,…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (777+ words) Trees protect wild animals from extreme heat and cold by keeping temperatures inside their cavities more stable than outside. Deep inside the trunk of an old tree, temperatures can remain surprisingly stable, even when the world outside is baking or…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (1182+ words) Snakes and lizards made up a surprising share of meals at a Natufian settlement, where the same butchering method persisted for millennia. The familiar picture of the Stone Age diet centers on big animals: a gazelle on a spit, a…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago   (887+ words) Przewalski’s horse foal is born in Kazakhstan for the first time in 200 years, marking a major conservation milestone. A small colt has marked a major turn in one of Central Asia’s largest wildlife restoration efforts. On August 22, 2026, a Przewalski’s horse…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago   (995+ words) Feeding wild birds brings joy, calm, connection, and meaning, with 95% of bird feeders saying the activity positively affects their well-being. A bird feeder can become part of an ordinary day: fill it, glance out the window, and see which birds…...