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Jellyfish push off a pocket of water under their bell to swim faster

Jellyfish push off a pocket of water under their bell to swim faster

6 January 2021

As they swim, jellyfish make a pocket of high-pressure water under their bell, which serves as a kind of wall to push off to help them swim faster
Male bottlenose dolphins synchronise their calls to attract females

Male bottlenose dolphins synchronise their calls to attract females

31 March 2020

Bottlenose dolphins in Shark Bay, Australia, form alliances and coordinate the timing of their clicking noises to attract females and deter other males
Red panda genes suggest there are actually two different species

Red panda genes suggest there are actually two different species

26 February 2020

Genetic analysis suggests that the Himalayan and Chinese red pandas are two different species that diverged about 200,000 years ago

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