• Evolution Row Ends as Scientists Declare Sponges to Be Sister of All Other Animals
• Stunning Footage of Coral Spawning in the Aquarium at the Australian National Sea Simulator
• Fascinating Oyster Facts
• ‘Not Ashamed’: Dolphin Hunters of Taiji Break Silence over Film the Cove
• A Tidy Little Octopus Tos…
Museums Amuse
• Using Digitized Botany Specimens, AI Excels in Simple Curatorial Tasks
• Coin-Laden Pot and Rare Pendant Among British Museum’s Record Haul
• The Brooklyn Public Library Is Now Home to a Tiny Mollusk Museum
• Are These the Worst Inventions of All Time? Inside LA’s New Museum of Failur…
Nature’s Examples Abound
• Stretchable Fabric Battery Could Power Wearables with Sweat
• The Best Hearing Aid in the World Is Made of Spider Silk Dipped in Gold
• Weird Critter May Help Us to Heal Livers
• The Mud That Could Save the World
• Stuffed Animals Help Scientists Learn How Sea Lion Moms…
Animal Misbehavior
• Lioness Overjoyed to Reunite with Her Former Human Companion
• An Orangutan Stole My Camera and Took Close-Up Selfies
• Zoogle Selfies from Animals up Their Selfie Game
• Opossum Gets Drunk after Breaking into Liquor Store
• Angry Sea Lion Blocks Blue Planet II Crew from Leaving Docks They Were Filming On…
Beachcombing
• ‘A Gift from the Sky’: Record-Breaking Nine-Hour Rainbow Appears in Taiwan
• The Men Collecting Stardust from Gutters and Rooftops
• The UK’s Impending Microbead Ban Has a Gray Area: Glitter
• To Save the Oceans, Should You Give up Glitter?
• All That Glitter? It’s Not Good, Critics Say
• Irish Beach That Vanished…
More on the Swostripenguiduckodile
• How to Tell If a Dinosaur Is Fake
• Duck-Dinosaur Hybrid Baffles Scientists with Mixed-Up Body
• This New, Duck-Like Dinosaur Is So Wacky Scientists Thought It Was Fake
• Ancient Penguins Were Giant Waddling Predators
• This Human-Sized Penguin Isn’t Even the Largest Ancient Penguin We Know Abou…
Knee Jerks
• Move Over, Gentlemen: ‘Womanspreading’ Is Now a Thing
• Watch Out, Manspreaders: the Womanspreading Fightback Starts Now
• Why Do Left-Handers Excel at Certain Elite Sports But Not Others?
• Why Lefties Have a Competitive Edge in Certain Sports
• Why Are Some People…
AI Applications 1
• How Artificial Intelligence Could Revolutionize Archival Museum Research
• Using Digitized Botany Specimens, AI Excels in Simple Curatorial Tasks
• Can Swarming Robots and Cloud Umbrellas Help Save Coral Reefs?
• Drip by Kickstarter, a Continuously Funding Tool for Artists to Build Community a…
What a Crab
• Amelia Earhart May Have Been Eaten by Three-Foot Crabs
• Was Amelia Earhart Eaten by Giant Land Crabs?
• Amazing Video Shows Coconut Crab Killing Bird in Brutal Fashion
• Giant Coconut Crab Seen Hunting Birds
• These Crabs Can Grow up to 3 Feet — And Hunt Birds, a Biologist’s Video Prove…
All at Sea
• Range of Pinnipedia
• The Colossal Squid Is a Real-Life Sea Monster
• Is the Mysterious Sea Cucumber Slipping out of Our Grasp?
• 10 Juicy Facts about Sea Apples
• Even Scientists Were Blown Away by These Weird Sea Creatures They Found
• 8 Fascinating Facts about…
Face Recognition
• Named-Cow Researcher Recognizes Merit in Research on Sheep Recognizing People
• How Do Animals Recognize Each Other?
• People Can Accurately Read Dogs’ Facial Expressions
• How to Have a Well-Behaved Puppy: Make Sure It Sees a Man with a Mustache Within Six Weeks of Birth
• Dog Ownership Is Linked t…
Runway Showstopper
• Even Earless Oysters Clam up over Noise Pollution
• The Plight of the Sea Otter
• This 450-Pound Seal Removed from Alaska Airport Runway
• Huge Sunbathing Seal Brings Alaskan Airport to a Halt
• Huge Bearded Seal Blocks Airport Runway in Alaska
• Climate Change and Overfishing Bring Explosion of Jellyfish
Animal Attraction
• A Giant Flock of Birds Inexplicably Descends upon the Lawn of a Laurel, Montana Home
• Thousands of Venomous Portuguese Man O’ Wars Wash Ashore in Australia: ‘It Was the Stuff of Nightmares’
• Thousands of Venomous Sea Creatures Have Invaded Australia’s Shores
• Senility, Storms, Global …
Crows, Crabs, & Guano Grabs
• Crows Are Doing the Best They Can
• Can City Crows Be Trained to Habitually Clean Up Discarded Cigarette Butts?
• Hiring Crows as Street Cleaners
• Very Hungry Snails Are Guarding Coastal Ecosystems Against Climate Change
• Clam Makes Delightful Shlooping Sounds as It Dig…
Country Diary 2
• Country Diary: Stalking Red Deer on the Fringes of the City
• Country Diary 1917: Fungi Flourishes amid Autumn Decay
• Country Diary: Henry III’s Charter Helped This Tree Survive to a Ripe Old Age
• Country Diary: The Autumn Run Is a Bruising Experience for the Fish
Inspiration Is Where You Find It
• Gecko-Inspired Gripper May Soon Snag Space Junk
• A Better Touch Screen, Inspired by Moth Eyes
• Dancing Balls Lead to a Physics Discovery
• Snow-White Beach in Australia Is Made up of Billions of Cockle Shells
• Snail in the Coffin: Left-Coiling Mollusc Jeremy Dies after Finding Lov…
Cetacean Communication
• Dolphins’ Rich Social Lives May Be Tied to Their Bigger Brains
• Dolphins Have ‘Human-Like’ Societies…But Are Held Back by a Lack of Opposable Thumbs, Say Scientists
• Peer Pressure Forced Whales and Dolphins to Evolve Big Brains, Like Humans
• ‘Human-Like’ Dolphins and Whales Kept Back from World Do…
Funky Foodstuff
• AI Told Coca-Cola to Make Cherry Sprite. So It Did.
• The Bizarre Reason Burger King Wants to Keep It out of Russia
• The Great Wine Debate: Corks Really Are Better Than Screw-Tops, Oxford Study Finds
• Are You Ready for That Jelly? Why It’s Time to Start Eating Jellyfish
• The Gooey History of the Fluffernutter Sandwic…
Join the Marine?
• Fancy a Career Change? Why Not Become a Professional Mermaid?
• Oceanographer’s Ashes Going to Sea Aboard Rescued Sea Turtle
• Rescued Sea Turtle Will Carry Out British Oceanographer’s Ashes to the Deep in Fitting Tribute
• Whistling While They Work: Cooperative Laguna Dolphin…
Unanticipated Arrivals
• Tons of Living Animals Have Floated from Japan to Oregon on Plastic Junk
• Coastal Creatures Are Crossing Oceans Floating on Makeshift Rafts of Plastic Debris, Warn Scientists
• Sea Critters Hitchhiked Across the Pacific on Tsunami Debris
• Debris from 2011 Tsunami Carried Invasive Species to North Americ…
Undersea Wonders
• A Look Inside the Newly Discovered City Built by Octopuses
• Scientists Just Discovered the First Brainless Animal That Sleeps
• These Jellyfish Don’t Have Brains, But Still Somehow Seem to Sleep
• Jellyfish Sleep, and Now Scientists Wonder If Plants and Bacteria Sleep To…
Cold Cases
• Can You Help Decipher This Note about Antarctic Explorer Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton?
• Activist Urges Walrus Rafts in Absence of Arctic Sea Ice
• Why Didn’t Russia Sell Alaska to Canada?
• Mårket Island: The Bizarre Border Between Sweden and Finland
• How This Giant Sphere in Iceland is Keeping Track of…
Drs. Doolittle Do a Lot
• “Birdman of Gujarat” Has Been Feeding around 3,000 Birds Every Day, for 17 Years
• Chinese “Guardian of Dogs” Has Rescued over 700 Strays in the Last 8 Years
• When Disaster Strikes, the Zoo Must Go On
• The Lesser-Known Side Effects of Natural Disasters
• What Happens to Wild Animals in a Hurricane…