14 February 2024
Cuttlefish usually use ink to confuse predators – but one species uses it as a dramatic backdrop, bursting through an inky cloud during courtship displays like a stage performer making a spectacular entrance
15 July 2023
Pygmy right whales are evolutionarily distinct and may be part of a whale family long thought to be extinct
9 June 2023
Harvestmen can shed legs when attacked by predators, but this survival tactic may have lifelong ramifications for the future sexual strategies of young males
15 May 2023
Many researchers thought butterflies first evolved in Asia, but a global genetic analysis suggests they arose in North America, well before the non-avian dinosaurs went extinct
5 May 2023
Forty years ago, a strange, empty shark egg case was found off the coast of Western Australia, and scientists have finally determined the species it belongs to
23 April 2023
Worm-like amphibians called caecilians have a mutation in a genetic sequence that’s critical for limb development, which could explain how they became limbless
21 April 2023
Boars that encounter a wolf carcass will try to flee or fight the corpse, suggesting that sometimes dead predators can still influence their prey’s behaviour
7 April 2023
Shrimp-like amphipods may be the architects of lines of holes at the bottom of the Bering Sea, which serve as a habitat to a wide range of fauna roaming the abyss
1 April 2023
Fungus farming by ants has evolved independently in populations separated by the Atlantic Ocean – the latest example was observed in cocktail ants in Cameroon, which cultivate fungus to build their nests
24 March 2023
In the Galapagos Islands, finches that live near cities have higher survival rates against parasitic flies than those who live in the country
