2+ week, 3+ hour ago   (362+ words) At one site, they also recovered roughly 1,000 shark teeth....

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (823+ words) It seems that animals simply love to play. In 2014, a team of Dutch scientists set out to conduct an unusual experiment. They placed a hamster wheel in the wild to see whether mice would use it as they do in…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (255+ words) Heat waves can disrupt learning, vigilance and behavior across the animal kingdom On scorching days in South Africa’s Kalahari, female southern pied babblers can have trouble solving what should be a simple problem. A mealworm sits behind a transparent barrier....

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (898+ words) Scientists found a new monkey species in Congo's forests. Few humans had ever seen it—but it's already at risk. Finding a new monkey species in the 21st century is exceptionally rare. Primates are among the best-documented mammals, so scientists don’t…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (276+ words) Great ape laughter carries an ancient rhythm humans still use....

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (903+ words) Extreme rain and landslides pushed Tapanuli orangutans closer to extinction. A powerful storm tore through Sumatra, and the world’s rarest great ape lost a shocking share of its remaining population. Cyclone Senyar, which struck Indonesia in late November 2025, triggered floods…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (836+ words) The dingo would have only been between 4 and 7 years old but clearly left a lasting impression. For nearly 1,000 years, the bones of a dingo lay hidden in a riverside midden on Barkindji Country, in western New South Wales, Australia. Then…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (378+ words) Two humpbacks crossed between Brazil and Australia, redrawing whale migration maps. It was. The match links two breeding grounds about 15,100 kilometers apart—the longest confirmed geographic distance between sightings of a single humpback. A second whale made the reverse crossing,…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (826+ words) After weeks stranded in Germany, a young whale begins an uncertain journey home. For weeks, a young humpback whale lingered in Germany’s shallow Baltic waters, far from the open North Atlantic. He was weak, visibly damaged, and unable to make…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1156+ words) Why did the orangutan cross the road? Mostly to survive, thanks to this canopy bridge. A camera trap in North Sumatra has recorded a rare conservation first: a Sumatran orangutan using a rope bridge to cross a public road. The…...