May 2, 2016 Cartwheeling spider, corpse-hoarding wasp among bizarre new species A morbidly maternal wasp, a crop-circle-creating pufferfish and an acrobatic arachnid are among the bizarre and awe-inspiring new species named in 2014, according to a new ranking
May 2, 2016 Baby spiders fall from the sky, cover the ground with 'angel hair' in Australia Those who suffer from arachnophobia beware. Last week, people in the city of Albury in New South Wales, Australia encountered an eerie sight — silky webs coated the land, teeming with millions of small baby spiders. The spiders parachuted down from the sky, a process known as “ballooning,” reports CNET.
May 2, 2016 Massive 7-foot-long eel caught in UK almost breaks record A silvery-gray conger eel had already gone limp by the time fishermen found it on their trawler, but its shocking length of 7 feet still caught them off guard, according to the British company that found the huge eel.
May 2, 2016 Chicken embryos with dinosaur snouts created in lab Chicks with dino-snouts? With a little molecular tinkering, for the first time scientists have created chicken embryos with broad, Velociraptor-like muzzles in the place of their beaks
May 2, 2016 Male snakes spend mega calories when they mate Every spring, red-sided garter snakes leave their hibernation burrows to engage in a frenzied jumble of mating.
May 2, 2016 Giant whales' mouths have unique nerves: They stretch Newly discovered nerves in the mouths of massive whales can unfold, nearly doubling in length, and recoil like a bungee cord.
May 2, 2016 'Mom of the year?' Mother spider feeds self to babies The insect world may have found its ‘Mom of the Year’ in the female Stegodyphus lineatus, a desert spider that feeds herself to her young shortly after they’re hatched. This practice, which is known as matriphagy, has been recorded in spiders before, according to Mor Salomon of the Israel Cohen Institute for Biological Control in Yehud-Monosson, Israel.
May 2, 2016 Big butts can lie: Bootylicious baboons may not be most fertile The swollen red bottom of a female baboon has long been thought to be an irresistible come-hither signal for males.
May 2, 2016 Abandoned baby tiger triplets thrive with zoo's aid Three male Amur tiger cubs were born Tuesday (April 21) at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Powell, Ohio
May 2, 2016 Voices of rare 'talking' turtles may prevent their extinction Camila Ferrara is an aquatic turtle specialist with the Brazil Program of the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). This article is the second in a series celebrating the contributions of women to the practice of conservation. Ferrara contributed this article to Live Science's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Years ago, in the Brazilian Amazon, I was exposed to a prevalent philosophy for how animals relate to humans, one I did not expect.
