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Zoology

Scratch My Back and I’ll Scratch Yours

Orcas in Washington are creating grooming tools out of kelp stalks

June 23, 2025

What If Every Roadkill Had a Memorial?

Road ecology meets community science

June 20, 2025

The Hornbills Left Behind

Protecting Asian species may have shifted poachers’ focus to African birds

June 19, 2025

Humpback Whales Are Way Cooler Than You

Just take a look at these smoke rings

June 13, 2025

Anchors Away from Antarctica

When ships drop anchor off the icy continent, they threaten some of the oldest animals on Earth

June 9, 2025

Do Bison Belong in Spain?

A fight is brewing

June 5, 2025

The Water Bear—from First Look to Facebook

250 years ago, a theologist looked under a microscope and discovered the “most peculiar” creature

How These Fish Lost Their Memory

The unexpected consequences of harvesting old, wise fish

May 29, 2025

Slow-Speed, High-Stakes Chase

Off the coast of Hawaii, two well-armored invertebrates face off

May 27, 2025

What Birdsong Says About Motivation

In self-driven learning, performance is its own reward

May 23, 2025

Meet a Newly Discovered Cave Crustacean

This delicate copepod species joins the ranks of a unique and fragile underground ecosystem

May 23, 2025

A Snout of Significance

This Ecuadorian lizard uses its remarkable proboscis for wooing, not warring

May 21, 2025