Just like us: Animals get away from their parents too
This article was originally published on February 9, 2022. Animals Separating from Their Parents: Just Like Us! Patronage usually goes hand in hand with parenting. And while it’s natural to…
The protomammal stalking a dying world
The Protomammal’s Survival Saga: Navigating a Dying World , About 250 million years ago, widespread volcanic eruptions changed the earth’s atmosphere and thus its climate, ushering in the “Great Dying”,…
The difficult task of measuring dinosaur intelligence
The study of intelligence is an extremely difficult task, even in animals living today. In part, this is because much of the scientific jury is still out on what intelligence…
How similar are insect brains to human brains?
In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, while the rest of us were watching TV and baking banana bread, two Johns Hopkins University researchers took their minds off the…
Watch video: What is the purpose behind animal weapons?
Male fiddler crabs attract mates by waving comically large pincers, the same ones they use to intimidate other potential suitors. Male elk drink calcium from their very bones to grow…
How do animals evolve to be so colorful?
The poison dart frogs of Central and South America display some of the most stunning colors in the animal kingdom. Some types are cobalt or indigo; others are yellow, gold,…
What animals will become extinct?
There’s no sugarcoating it: Animal and plant life is declining worldwide at rates never seen before in human history. And alongside that decline, rates of extinction are accelerating — about…
What animals have been in space?
For better or worse, humans have sent a coffin’s worth of other animals into space. This veritable zoo of space travelers includes dogs, mice, fish, turtles, frogs, spiders and non-human…
These 8 Zoo Escapes Got Pretty Wild
Zoos have changed a lot in the last century. More recently, many have turned their attention to savinganimal rehabilitation and education about wild ecosystems. But regardless of the intent to…