Animals

How one weird fish's incredible ability to suspend aging could help humans

Bumblebees and humans share one key complex trait, new study suggests

Can better tracking save India’s endangered lions?

How did I get my own unique set of fingerprints? Surprisingly, nobody really knows what fingerprints are for.

A potential gene therapy could combat cocaine addiction

In Food Safety Regulations, There's a Surprising Scarcity of Research

Study reveals some jellyfish can launch deadly "mucus grenades"

Badass prehistoric turtle used its shell in combat

Trees in the Amazon contain untold stories of human history — study

Woolly mammoth genetics study reveals their miserable, lonely end

How to tell if your cat is a jerk — or just misunderstood

Pee-eating ants may be the climate heroes we need right now

Salad Rat reminds us what rodents can teach science about food

Scientists have found a historic math equation hidden the whiskers of a rat

Coyote-badger duo: 28-year-old study explains the science behind viral video

This smart sea creature saves room for dessert — study

Which type of bird feeder is best? 6 types for 4 seasons

16 unique animals that could go extinct by 2030 -- and how to change that

Scientists saw coronavirus coming — they have been warning us for decades

This fish just changed its sex in 10 days: how it did it

Pablo Escobar's chaotic hippos are living their best life, but there's a huge downside

Bionic jellyfish can swim faster and better than the real thing

The “Mr. Darcy” pheromone makes female mice go crazy

First squid MRI study shows brain complexity similar to dogs

1,000 adults were asked what they think of veganism. Here's what happened next.

Dinosaurs literally walked on fire — study

Why the uncanny valley is actually a good thing

Sex-swapping fish show what it means to be resilient

4 hacks to boost food sustainability in the grocery aisle

Inverse Daily: giant squid, decoded

Unprecedented gene study suggests giant squids may be massively intelligent

New theory explains how life arose after the dinosaurs went extinct

Terrifying fossil may be one of earliest air-breathing animals on Earth

Video of wolf puppies reveals a jaw-dropping similarity to dogs

Climate change is killing one of nature's most famous survivalists

Operation Rock Wallaby: Photos show Australians 'food bombing' bush animals

This disarmingly cute creature may be spreading deadly disease among humans

The extinction of ice age mammals may have forced us to invent civilization

Dogs experience pain in a uniquely human way, study reports

6 venomous mammals that roam, fly and crawl on planet Earth

Why desexing dogs isn’t always the best thing to do

You can learn a lot from a back-scratching puffin -- study

2019's 20 most incredible stories about our planet

Scientists: No, you cannot kill 30 to 50 feral hogs with an automatic rifle

Ancient lizard dad bones reveal earliest example of good parenting

Scientists may have answered a decades-old question about ape intelligence

Science confirms: Moms meddle in their children's love lives

Pigloos help wild pigs thrive in the cold, defying scientists' expectations

How copulating rabbits revealed the evolutionary roots of female orgasms

Study reveals bees' brains are much more powerful than we thought