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Zoology

The Haunted Forest of Butterflies

A winning photograph shows millions of Monarchs dripping from Mexico’s fir trees in winter.

June 28, 2024

We’re Polluting Our Forests—with Noise

Are hiking and biking incompatible with protecting wildlife?

June 26, 2024

The Most Unlikely Migration

17 million insects cross the Pyrenees each year, with enormous impacts on the environment.

June 24, 2024

A Tiny Insect with Extraordinary Piss

The sharpshooter catapults its urine at high speed.

June 14, 2024

Abracadabra! How Magic Can Help Us Understand Animal Minds

By performing tricks for birds, monkeys, and other creatures, researchers hope to learn how they perceive and think about their world.

June 6, 2024

A Model Toadlet

A tiny, charismatic frog in Brazil is revealing secrets of a killer fungus.

May 17, 2024

An A to Z of Hungry Killer Whales

This unique community of orcas is starving to death.

May 16, 2024

Falling in Love with a Fly

My Octopus Teacher’s Craig Foster considers the uncharismatic.

May 16, 2024

How a Hurricane Brought Monkeys Together

This island of macaques rebuilt their social networks after calamity.

May 13, 2024

The Astonishing Ways Animals Use Social Networks

Lee Alan Dugatkin on his 3 greatest revelations while writing The Well-Connected Animal.

May 13, 2024

The Curious Life of a Singing Fish

Plainfin midshipman fish migrate from the deep sea to spawn—and then things get weird.

May 6, 2024