Everyone Was Wrong About Why Cats Purr
Cats purr when they’re happy and kittens purr so their mothers can find them. But it turns out purring may be more like a snore than a smile. ..
Cats purr when they’re happy and kittens purr so their mothers can find them. But it turns out purring may be more like a snore than a smile. ..
Rats are less pestilent and more lovable than you might think. Can humans learn to live with them? ..
It may not be possible to eradicate the state’s tens of thousands of Burmese pythons. But the local wildlife is biting back—and humans wielding new tech ..
A new study uses trail cameras and speakers to isolate how the sounds of hikers and bikers disturb forest creatures. ..
Humanity’s peculiar gait has long confounded engineers and biomechanists—but it might be one of nature’s clever tricks. ..
Invasive species experts urge scientists and the media to avoid sensationalizing Jorō spiders—and wait for science to catch up. ..
While biologists still aren't exactly sure how it works, a new study closes in on why the insects that pester Savannah animals zig when anything zags. ..
Field research uncovers clues about the beetles’ coordinated blinking and confirms that a novel form of “chimeric” synchrony occurs naturally. ..
Despite having tiny arthropod brains, spiders in a new experiment showed some complex cognitive calculations. ..
The Allen Institute’s release includes recordings from a whopping 300,000 mouse neurons. Now the challenge is figuring out what to do with all that data. ..