Zoology
The Extinct “American Cheetah” Wasn’t a Cheetah After All
And, unlike African cheetahs, it was a flexible carnivore
Why Do Male Chimpanzees Throw Rocks at the Same Trees for More Than a Decade?
Accumulative stone throwing is a rare, potentially cultural, behavior that has been observed among four groups of wild chimpanzees in West Africa
The Extinct Tasmanian Tiger’s Bite Was Unlike Any Other Predatory Mammal’s
Which makes its extinction even more tragic
How a “Psychic” Horse Named Clever Hans Changed the Way We Do Science
His tutor Wilhelm von Osten was convinced that animals possessed an intelligence equal to humans
In Photos: The Sea Creatures Lurking Off the Shores of Nantucket
An aerial survey captures images of marine megafauna aplenty in the Atlantic Ocean near the coast of Massachusetts
Meet the Vegan Draculas of Australia
New research seeks to confirm the identity of tropical lampreys that don’t have the taste for blood
What’s the Secret to Bats’ Super Longevity?
Multiples of immune proteins give them an edge in fixing cell damage
