We finally know why sea pickles glow
Scientists have known that sea pickles have special cells called photosites, located as spots around...
Why the diabolical ironclad beetle is nearly impossible to squish
The diabolical ironclad beetle is like a tiny tank on six legs. This insect’s rugged...
Naked mole-rats invade neighboring colonies and steal babies
Naked mole-rats — with their subterranean societies made up of a single breeding pair and...
Fire ants build little syphons out of sand to feed without drowning
The threat of death is no obstacle for some hungry fire ants. To escape drowning...
A rope bridge restored a highway through the trees for endangered gibbons
With acrobatic leaps, Hainan gibbons can cross a great gully carved by a 2014 landslide...
Evolution made mosquitos into stealthy, sensitive vampires
A yellow fever mosquito discretely sinks its labrum into its prey (a human that's hundreds...
This tardigrade’s blue glow gives protection from ultraviolet light
When blasted with ultraviolet radiation, a newly discovered species of tardigrade protects itself by glowing...
Pufferfish may be carving mysterious ‘crop circles’ near Australia
Japan’s white-spotted pufferfish are renowned for producing complex, ringed patterns in the sand. Now, 5,500...
This rare bird is male on one side and female on the other
In Rector, Pa., researchers have spotted one strange bird. This rose-breasted grosbeak has a pink...