Tag: animal behavior

Megalodon teeth have always been key to understanding the ancient marine predator. Fossilized teeth are all that remain to prove ...

Cats act as if they’re bringing you a present, except the gift is a recently hunted rodent, usually of the ...

Worms are decomposers. Many survive by breaking down dead things — dead bacteria, dead plants, dead animals, dead anything. So, ...

A human can’t shrink away from the threats of climate change. A clownfish, however, can. In a new paper published ...

Some humpback whales are born in warmer waters. Others are born on the way. That’s what a study in Frontiers ...

Bats are the only mammals that can fly (though some can glide). They have excellent hearing, navigate by echolocation, and ...

A wolf’s howl is one of those unforgettable sounds of nature. Now, this iconic sound is setting a new chapter ...

True friends, most people would agree, are there for each other. Sometimes that means offering emotional support. Sometimes it means ...

Fungi can be wonderful. Penicillium molds produce the antibiotic penicillin, which has saved untold lives by warding off bacterial infection. ...

Do nonhuman animals live in a kind of eternal present, or are they aware of the passage of time? That ...