Mystery of massive, train-stopping millipede swarms solved By Yasemin Saplakoglu For over a century, hundreds to thousands of poisonous millipedes have swarmed train tracks in the thick, forested mountains of Japan, forcing trains to grind to a halt
Electric eels can supercharge their attacks by working together By Patrick Pester Electric eels have been observed in the Amazon hunting in groups for the first time. By working together, they can send fish flying with a supercharged jolt of electricity.
Huntsman spiders eat tree frogs after luring them into leaf traps By Mindy Weisberger Tiny frogs in Madagascar are lured to their doom by spiders' ingenious silk-stitched leaf traps.
Baby sharks are born scrawny and sick because of climate change By Harry Baker Increasing ocean temperatures caused by climate change are leading sharks to be born younger, smaller and weaker.
Why are flies so hard to swat? By Mindy Weisberger High-speed cameras show that flies' modified hind wings help with their speedy takeoffs.
Weirdo ancient beetle looks like a scrub brush By Nicoletta Lanese Scientists recovered the insect from 100-million-year-old amber.
Florida manatee with 'Trump' scraped into back spurs a federal investigation By Stephanie Pappas U.S. Fish and Wildlife officials are looking for the person who scratched the word "Trump" into the back of a manatee.
Bizarre new type of locomotion discovered in invasive snakes By Harry Baker Researchers believe the new locomotion is behind the success of invasive snakes in Guam and hope to use this information to create countermeasures.
Zookeepers mourn death of world's oldest orangutan By Harry Baker The world's oldest known orangutan, a 61-year-old Sumatran female called Inji, has died at Oregon Zoo, ending a lifetime of inspiring visitors to care about her kind.
Desert geckos glow neon green in the moonlight, scientists discover By Mindy Weisberger Special skin cells give desert geckos from Namibia a neon-green glow.
Sleep evolved before brains did, study finds By Rachael Rettner It turns out you don't need a brain to sleep.
Megalodon shark mamas had human-size cannibal babies By Mindy Weisberger New analysis of rare megalodon fossils revealed that their newborn babies were the biggest live babies in the shark family.
The strange history of white tigers By Patrick Pester A white tiger cub born at a Nicaragua zoo is the result of a rare genetic mutation with a strange history.
Adorable dwarf giraffes spotted for the first time By Rachael Rettner Too bad they'll have trouble mating.
A truck-size shark washed up on a Maine beach. How did it die? By Brandon Specktor An enormous basking shark washed up dead on the coast of Maine this week. Officials have not determined the cause of death.
Young killer whale rescued after stranding on Scottish beach By Harry Baker A marine mammal medic praised locals who helped save a stranded juvenile killer whale from a beach in Scotland. Here's how they did it.
Jaguar kills another predatory cat in never-before-seen footage By Nicoletta Lanese These predator-on-predator interactions are thought to be rare.
Discovery of endangered female turtle provides hope for extremely rare species By Harry Baker There are now two known Swinhoe’s softshell turtles, one male and one female, and potentially more waiting to be discovered.
Endangered ferrets get experimental COVID-19 vaccine By Stephanie Pappas To protect endangered black-footed ferrets from COVID-19, scientists in Colorado have injected a major captive breeding population with an experimental vaccine.
Would you eat a python to save the Everglades? By Patrick Pester Invading pythons are causing problems for the native wildlife in Florida. Should people start eating them and are they even safe to eat?
