BIOLOGY

Bug’s Color is Warning for One Predator, Invisible to Another

Frogs Eat with Their Eyes—Literally

This Weird Fish Swims Standing on its Head

10 Animals You Don’t Want to Kiss

Killer Snail Hunts with Weaponized Insulin

This Fish Smells Like its Food to Avoid Becoming Food

Pitcher Plants Catch More Bugs When Their Traps Take Time Off

Seals Might Eavesdrop on Scientific Equipment to get Easy Meals

12 Outlandish Species Names

Bats Jam Each Other Up When Looking for Food

Bats are the masters of late-night snacking thanks to echolocation, and use ultrasonic chirps and the resulting echoes to find their prey in the dark. The bio-sonar has one big drawback, though. It’s vulnerable to interference.

Scientists Make 3D-Printed Harness to Study Spider Brains

Vultures Find Food With a Little Help From Their Friends

These Monkeys Use Scientists as “Human Shields”

South Africa’s samango monkeys live on what ecologists call a “vertical axis of fear.” They live and eat in trees, and if they climb too high looking for food, they’re liable to get attacked and eaten by an eagle. If they venture too low, it’s leopards an

The Invasive Species That Couldn’t Invade

The red shiner is just a few inches long, and has no big scary fangs, no claws, no stinger and no poisonous spines. The little minnow probably isn’t an animal that would ever strike fear in anyone’s heart, but it’s a fierce conqueror.

This Assassin Only Kills If Its Victim Strikes First

Letting your opponent land the first blow usually isn’t a surefire strategy for winning a fight, but for one insect predator, it’s the only way to come out on top.

Four Different Species Use the Same Odor to Exploit Each Other

Chemical warfare. Hijacked communications. Stowaways. Eavesdropping. Sounds like the makings of a spy movie, but it’s just another day in nature.

Galapagos Birds Beat Bloodsuckers with Pesticide-Lined Homes

In the 1990s, the fly Philornis downsi was accidentally introduced to the Galapagos Islands, probably in a shipment of fruit. The adult flies are harmless enough as invaders go, but their kids are a real problem for the islands’ native birds, some of whic

The Upside To Attachment Anxiety

This week, NYMag.com launched a new offshoot called Science of Us, which covers news and trends in the behavioral science world. One of their first pieces examines a recent study in Social Psychological and Personality Science that argues different types

Some Animals Give Poison Presents

Why Do I Sometimes Scratch One Body Part and Feel It on Another?

The phenomenon has been studied for centuries.

Can You Really Be Left Brained or Right Brained?

The brain, of course, is split into two hemispheres. But is there such a thing as being right-brained or left-brained?

15 Ways to Cure Hiccups

Most of these home remedies work by overwhelming the vagus nerve, which causes hiccups when it becomes irritated, with another sensation.

Why Is Pee Yellow?

Let’s part the underpants-shaped veil surrounding urination information. Let’s learn about peeing.

What Causes Baldness?

If you’ve got a receding hairline, don’t be so quick to blame it on your baseball caps or your grandpa.

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