shark embryo

Baby Sharks Detect Electrical Fields of Predators, Freeze in Response

By Amber Moore | Jan 10, 2013 10:41 AM EST

Baby sharks, while still in egg cases, can sense electric field of the predators and stay still to avoid being eaten.

giant squid

"Monster" Squid Captured Live on Camera in the Deep Pacific Ocean for the First Time

By Christine Hsu | Jan 07, 2013 01:47 PM EST

Japanese scientists managed to capture for the first time footage of a 26 ft giant squid drifting in the depths of the Pacific Ocean.

fish

Brains and Brawn Really Don't Go Together: Why Brainy Fish Are Smarter, but Smaller and Have Less Offspring

By Christine Hsu | Jan 03, 2013 01:56 PM EST

New study proves that you really can't have the brains and the brawn, after researchers found that a boost in brain size and cognitive ability comes at an expensive price.

Bonobos

Bonobos Share Food With Strangers in Exchange for Company

By Christine Hsu | Jan 04, 2013 04:18 PM EST

Bonobos will give up their own meal for the company of strangers.

peacock

Male Peacocks Think About Getting With Other Females Even as They're Mating

By Christine Hsu | Jan 02, 2013 12:15 PM EST

Male peacocks are already thinking about getting future conquests right before they're about to mate with their current peahen.

parrot

Parrots Have Personal Preferences in Music, but All Despise Dance Music

By Christine Hsu | Dec 31, 2012 02:43 PM EST

Parrots, known for their uncanny ability to mimic sounds, also have personal musical tastes.

decoy spider

Spider That Builds Larger-Than-Life Decoy "Spiders" Discovered in Amazon

By Christine Hsu | Dec 21, 2012 10:35 AM EST

Scientists exploring the Peruvian Amazon have discovered a spider that builds giant decoy "spiders" to hang in its web.

elephant

Killer Elephant Hunted After Beast Kills 4 in Nepal

By Christine Hsu | Dec 18, 2012 11:17 AM EST

Soldiers are hunting a wild elephant that strayed into villages in Nepal and killed four people in the span of three months.

dog

Dogs Are Able to Learn How to Drive

By Makini Brice | Dec 07, 2012 02:49 PM EST

The Auckland Society for the Prevention of Cruelty for Animals has turned three dogs from their shelter into the cutest chauffeurs ever.

lobster

Overpopulation, Climate Change, Nighttime Is Turning Lobsters Into Cannibals

By Makini Brice | Dec 06, 2012 11:10 AM EST

The study was the first time that lobsters were seen cannibalizing in the wild.

monkey

Wife of China's Top Animal Trainer Reveals Secret to His Success: She Breastfeeds Her Husband's Monkeys

By Christine Hsu | Dec 04, 2012 03:38 PM EST

The wife of one of China's top monkey trainers has revealed what she believes to be the key to his success: she breastfeeds his student monkeys to keep them happy.

Sphynx cat

Friendliest and Grumpiest Cats Revealed in Study

By Christine Hsu | Dec 03, 2012 04:35 PM EST

They may look strange and even scary to some, but new research finds that the hairless Sphynx is actually the most affectionate of all cat breeds.

dolphin

Dolphin Attacks 8-Year-Old Girl at SeaWorld Park

By Christine Hsu | Dec 03, 2012 03:05 PM EST

An 8-year-old girl has recounted the terrifying moment a hungry dolphin leapt out of the SeaWorld park pool and sunk its teeth into her hand.

pig

Military Experiments Blew Explosives at Pigs and Infected Monkeys With Anthrax, Group Alleges

By Makini Brice | Nov 26, 2012 05:29 PM EST

The British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection claims that the United Kingdom’s and United States’ military shot explosives at pigs, forced pigs to inhale mustard gas, and inflicted anthrax on monkeys.

pteropod

Uh-Oh: Increased Ocean Acid Is Already Dissolving Animals

By Makini Brice | Nov 26, 2012 05:15 PM EST

Researchers sampled a small area of the Southern Ocean by Antarctica and found that increased ocean acidification has dissolved the shells of some creatures.

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