Here's the Best Way to Pet a Cat, According to Science By Lauren Finka The key to success is to focus on providing the cat with as much choice and control during interactions as possible.
Zombie Ants Are Controlled by a 'Master Puppeteer' Parasite, But We Still Don't Know How By Yasemin Saplakoglu The parasite forces the ants to climb to the tops of shrubs, bite down and die.
Crocodiles Are Breeding Near a Nuclear Power Plant (No, They're Not Radioactive) By Mindy Weisberger Only in Florida.
This Bloated 'Piglet Squid' Is Way Cuter Than a Real Piglet By Rafi Letzter A stunning video shows this strange see-through animal floating along with its tentacles waving above its head in the central Pacific Ocean near Palmyra Atoll.
Adorable Shark Fits in Your Hand, Looks Like a Mini Sperm Whale By Mindy Weisberger And the tiny shark has a wee pocket near its fin.
Diver Has Epic Nose-to-Nose Encounter with One of the Most Elusive Sharks Lurking in the Deep Sea By Isobel Whitcomb "I'm literally nose to nose with this animal," the diver said.
If Dolphins Are Swimming Nearby, Does That Mean Sharks Aren't? By Isobel Whitcomb Contrary to the common surfing myth, if you see sharks, there are probably dolphins nearby, experts say.
It's a Mystery Why We Are Not Constantly Hallucinating, Trippy New Study Suggests By Brandon Specktor Apparently there's just 20 little neurons standing between reality and constant hallucinations (in mice).
Fugitive Bear Escapes Jail Cell, Scales 3 Electric Fences and Is Now on the Run By Isobel Whitcomb Run, bear, run!
Mysterious, Glowing Tardigrade May Have Swallowed Part of Its Own Mouth By Brandon Specktor It looks like buried treasure, but it might just be pieces of the tardigrade's own mouth.
Dozens of Pilot Whales Washed Up on Georgia Beach, and Beachgoers Came to the Rescue By Kimberly Hickok Concerned beachgoers and wildlife officials teamed up to save as many whales as possible.
Tiny Fighting Worms Make One of the Loudest Sounds in the Ocean By Yasemin Saplakoglu Headbutting was never so loud.
Massive, Human-Size Jellyfish Stuns Divers Off the Coast of England By Brandon Specktor The barrel jellyfish is named for its massive size and silly-looking head, but it's rare for researchers to get up close and personal with one. Two divers in the U.K. recently had the chance.
This Eagle-Nosed, Shovel-Chinned Dinosaur May Be the Weirdest Thing You See Today By Mindy Weisberger What was the purpose of the bump in the middle of this dinosaur's face? No one nose.
New York Is Overrun by Rats, Yet We Know Almost Nothing About Their Underground Kingdom By Chelsea Himsworth If we can't beat them, humans perhaps should join rats in our shared ecosystem.
Scientists Find an 'Exceptional Specimen' of a Cretaceous Lizard...Inside a Dinosaur's Belly By Mindy Weisberger An ancient lizard was a flying dinosaur's last meal.
Don't Be Confused If This Starfish Makes Your Mouth Water By Isobel Whitcomb When a photo of Plinthaster dentatus went viral on Twitter last week, pasta-lovers did a double take — the sea star looked just like a piece of ravioli.
Why Haven't All Primates Evolved into Humans? By Grant Currin Humans did not evolve from apes, gorillas or chimps. We share a common ancestor and have followed different evolutionary paths.
Feeding Frenzy of 11 Sharks Ends in Surprising Twist … And a Mouthful of Shark for 1 Grouper By Isobel Whitcomb Under the sea, it's a fish-eat-fish world.
After This Young Monkey Got Hit by a Car, Monkey Strangers Comforted Him By Rafi Letzter A juvenile macaque from the new group started grooming the injured monkey, then adults followed suit.
