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
June 21, 2016 Frog embryos speed-hatch to escape danger A developing frog embryo in its jelly-like egg mass can be quite the escape artist: When predators come calling, the red-eyed tree frog embryo can detect the threat and drop out of its egg to safety in a matter of seconds, even though it normally wouldn't be ready to hatch for several more days
June 17, 2016 Sharks' evening 'rush hour' discovered If sharks at the Pacific atoll of Palmyra used Google Maps, they'd see a lot of red dashes for traffic between 7 and 8 o'clock every evening.
June 16, 2016 Swedish university names queen bee after Beyoncé Queen Bey now has a queen bee named after her in Sweden.
