Animals Archive
09 April 2013, 07:01 PM ET
A 370-million-year-old fish with bizarre anal fins may reveal some of the early evolutionary experiments that eventually gave rise to limbs
09 April 2013, 06:05 PM ET
Boldly-patterned bat spotted for only the fifth time by scientists.
09 April 2013, 05:23 PM ET
When female blue tits make nests fancy, their mates are more active parents.
09 April 2013, 10:16 AM ET
A method for making organs transparent enables scientists to image large-scale, intact biological systems such as a mouse brain.
09 April 2013, 09:47 AM ET
The male cat was orphaned as a kitten.
09 April 2013, 09:29 AM ET
Scientists wired together the brains of a sleeping mouse and an awake human. When the man focused on a flickering pattern, an ultrasound generator stimulated the part of the rodent's brain responsible for flicking its tail.
08 April 2013, 06:16 PM ET
These marine animals show a striking ability to evolve in a changing climate.
08 April 2013, 04:53 PM ET
Swallows live with humans to avoid cuckoos, but lose knack for identifying imposter eggs.
08 April 2013, 03:43 PM ET
Higher carbon levels are giving rise to bigger, meaner crabs.
08 April 2013, 03:00 PM ET
Purple sea urchins are a genetically diverse species, and are able to adapt to stresses like rising CO2 levels.
08 April 2013, 02:34 PM ET
With all the interest in duck sex these days, a lecture by the discoverer of gay mallard necrophilia seems timely.
08 April 2013, 01:43 PM ET
Gelada monkey sounds could be an evolutionary step toward human language.
08 April 2013, 01:30 PM ET
The vocal lip-smacks that geladas use in friendly encounters have surprising similarities to human speech.
08 April 2013, 01:01 PM ET
Young horned ghost crabs respond to changing sunlight.
08 April 2013, 12:01 PM ET
The hogs are shy and rarely seen.
05 April 2013, 05:28 PM ET
The icefish has no scales, either.
05 April 2013, 04:48 PM ET
Could it explain the love of cats?
05 April 2013, 02:04 PM ET
The New York Aquarium is set to partially reopen on Saturday, May 25.
05 April 2013, 01:26 PM ET
Antlers and skeletons preserved by the Arctic cold shed light on caribou birthing grounds.
05 April 2013, 10:14 AM ET
You won't find cubs like these at American zoos for reasons that might make you wince.
05 April 2013, 08:49 AM ET
A litter of ultra-rare white tiger cubs is born at a zoo on the outskirts of Tokyo. Tara Cleary reports.
05 April 2013, 08:34 AM ET
Let's just say the risky business involves pedipalps covered in sperm juice.
04 April 2013, 07:00 PM ET
Species that washed ashore with a small Japanese skiff.
04 April 2013, 06:50 PM ET
Five striped fish apparently survived a journey across the Pacific.
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