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Mint Images/Getty Images Are America’s Insects Dying Off?
Scientists are having a really hard time determining which insects in North America are at risk of extinction.
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The Conversation Marsupial Found Alive After Being Thought Dead for 6,000 Years
The latest animal to rise from the not-so-dead is the Lazarus taxa. Researchers re-added its name to the list of creatures that are still alive.
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Dario Argenti/Getty Images Cockroaches Become Cannibals When They Fall in Cockroach Love
Wood-feeding cockroaches put their own twist on courtship: they consummate their monogamous relationship by eating each other’s wings.
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Vicki Jauron/Babylon and Beyond Photography/Getty Images Are Orcas Cannibalizing Each Other? Chewed Up Fins Are Washing Ashore.
Scientists say the grisly finds could point to scavenging, infighting, or something even darker in the ocean food chain.
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Kevin Schafer/Getty Images Rich People Are Spending a Fortune to Buy Museum Dinosaur Bones
A dinosaur named Trey is now headed to the auction block, where his bones will fetch upwards of $5.5 million.
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Mar Escrig/Getty Images 20 Camels Disqualified From Beauty Contest in ‘Hump Inflation’ Scandal
I really never thought I’d live in a lifetime where camels are getting Botox to win beauty pageants, but here we are.
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Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images If Your Dog Is Always Anxious, Painting Your Walls This Color Can Help
If your dog already struggles when they’re alone, extra stimulation won’t help. That’s where choosing the right colors comes into play.
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George Pachantouris/Getty Images Wild Chimps Get Drunk on a Daily Basis, Scientists Find
A new study found that wild chimpanzees in Uganda are eating fermented fruit, and they’re metabolizing the alcohol.
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Mathisa_s/Getty Images These Baby Butterflies Speak Ant—and Use It to Trick the Colony Into Taking Care of Them
A new study suggests that some butterfly caterpillars infiltrate ant colonies by mimicking the scent and sounds of ants.
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CNN Please Ring the Fish Doorbell So Dutch Catfish Can Have Sex
The fish doorbell is back, everyone.
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Lorenzo Marchetti The Oldest Butthole Ever Found Is a 290-Million-Year-Old Fossil
It’s a butthole. It’s functional. It’s unglamorous. It’s also a weirdly useful clue about how early reptiles were built.
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Guenterguni/Getty Images Lion Trafficker Convicted Using DNA Evidence in World First: Everything We Know
Those involved in the crime were sentenced to 24 months in prison, making this the world’s first conviction based on forensic evidence tied to a single lion.
