Wild Nature - Page 813

July 1, 2016

Scorpion architects build lairs with porches and mating rooms

The twists and turns of a scorpion's underground burrows are generally inaccessible to anything that isn't a scorpion — including scientists.

June 30, 2016

Video catches great white shark sleep-swimming

Ever woke up in your home bed not knowing exactly where you are?

June 30, 2016

Mummified, 99-million-year-old wings caught in amber

About 99 million years ago, a hummingbird-size bird got stuck in a glob of tree resin and eventually died, leaving its feathers to mummify in what became a lump of amber, a new study finds.

June 29, 2016

Odd new tool in study of wildfires: rattlesnakes

Animals flee fire—but what happens when the flames are extinguished?

June 29, 2016

Massive snake spotted slithering and snacking in Maine city, police warn

A snake as long as a car was spotted feasting on an animal believed to be a beaver on a riverbank in Westbrook, Maine early Wednesday, according to police who warned people in the area to watch out.

June 29, 2016

Aliens attack! Invasive lionfish arrive in Mediterranean

Venomous lionfish are striking to look at, with bold stripes and flowing, sail-like fins.

June 27, 2016

Ancient insects carried corpses of prey for camouflage

If you were magically transported back to the mid-Cretaceous, you'd likely have your hands full dodging dinosaur giants like Iguanodon or the toothy Carcharodontosaurus

June 27, 2016

Surprising DNA test result leads to bird discovery

The two types of brown birds look like birds of a feather. But their genomes tell a different story.

June 27, 2016

Male fiddler crabs entrap females in their bachelor pads

Male banana fiddler crabs take courting to a new, and pushy, level: The little Australian crab males wait for females to enter their burrows and then trap them in order to mate, scientists have found.

June 23, 2016

Rays don't stray: giant mantas stick close to home

Until recently, manta rays — which sail through tropical and temperate ocean waters, looking much like enormous kites — were thought to migrate great distances across ocean basins, as do many of the largest marine animals