Learn how some bottlenose dolphins in Australia skillfully use shells to catch and eat fish, a rare behavior recently observed in the wild.
Whale sharks are using a wider range of feeding techniques than scientists previously observed, according to new camera-based ...
The dolphin-like marine mammals returned to San Francisco Bay in 2008 after a decades-long absence from the area. Scientists ...
The newly documented behavior, known as shelling, was observed during regular dolphin surveys in Hervey Bay. Researchers were studying dolphin movements, health, and behavior when they witnessed a ...
Lions in the wild live by unpredictable rhythms, alternating between intense feeding after a successful hunt and extended periods without food. In zoos, meals are typically more controlled and ...
Scientists combined iNaturalist photos and scientific observations to uncover the possible evolution of a very particular behavior: egg-caring in a group of arachnids ...
In a fascinating study, scientists attached GPS devices to five wild little corellas in South Australia, only to find all ...
Bed bugs are extraordinarily good at tormenting us. They squeeze into mattress seams, furniture, and cracks barely wider than their flattened bodies. They emerge while we sleep, drink our blood, then ...
In 1922, biologist Olaus J. Murie entered Alaska's vast wilderness to study caribou, beginning a body of field research that would eventually influence how scientists and park managers understood ...
Successful navigation of the social environment depends on the ability to rapidly evaluate conspecifics and adjust behaviour accordingly. Encounters with unfamiliar individuals are particularly ...
This work describes a valuable method for monitoring pathogens using an innovative, field-deployable device that attracts animals and collects saliva on filter paper in a non-invasive manner. While ...
From spears and the invention of the wheel to smartphones and robots, human societies have been building and using tools from the beginning. Human tool use has helped conquer new environments, ...