Animals

Cats that have an extreme response to catnip may look like they're experiencing euphoria.

A trio of divers off the western coast of Norway had a close encounter with a drifting gelatinous blob — a squid's egg sac as big as an adult human.

Gooey, sticky slime isn't just gross; it's crucial for the survival of a wide variety of animals and plants, many of which are featured in the new book "Believe It or Snot."

The Paris Zoological Park is debuting a new exhibit on 'the blob' — a brainless, single-cell slime mold with incredible problem-solving potential.

Head-bobbing might make pigeons look ridiculous, but there's a practical purpose behind this very strange display.

Trilobites fossilized in Morocco seem to have been buried by a storm as they marched in an orderly queue.

While playing a game, monkeys switched strategies each round, while humans stuck to a set of inefficient rules.

Underwater and airborne cameras recently captured an astounding sight: feeding whales producing bubble nets to trap their prey.

A complex network of skull bones, ligaments and muscles allows a snake to swallow prey with bodies much larger than the sinuous predator's own head.

A paleobiologist uncovered a never-before-seen microinvertebrate in Dominican amber.

False memories implanted in the brains of songbirds could explain how the birds learn to sing — and how people learn to talk.

Sea turtles aren't made to eat plastic.

Paleontologists discovered the first nearly complete skeleton of an ancient shark belonging to the genus Phoebodus.

Scientists deciphered a key ingredient in tardigrades' arsenal of superpowers, learning how a unique protein in microscopic water bears provides protection from harmful radiation.

A runner in Utah was gored by a bison, and then his date suffered the same fate. Why do bison charge people?

Scientists found eight nematodes that can live in a lake deemed inhospitable for most animals.