May 2, 2016 Leaf-eating caterpillars use their poop to trick plants Caterpillars that munch on corn leaves have developed a clever way to get the most nutrients from their meals: They use their poop to trick the plants into lowering their defenses
May 2, 2016 Ancient human-size fish breathed with lungs Before the dinosaur age, the coelacanth — a hefty, mysterious fish that now breathes with its gills — sported a well-developed lung, a new study finds
May 2, 2016 How armored dinosaur got its bone-bashing tail Armored, squat, and built like a tank, ankylosaurs were a type of dinosaur known for their bony, protective exterior and distinct, sledgehammer-shaped tails.
May 2, 2016 The cute and complicated science of raising twin pandas The little panda was cold, low energy and having trouble breathing before its heart stopped beating.
May 2, 2016 Surprise! Newfound venomous spider drops in on scientists Most people likely wouldn't react well to being surprised by a venomous spider, but recently, scientists at Booderee National Park, on the southern coast of Australia, were excited when a highly venomous funnel-web spider showed up unannounced. Many species of funnel-web spiders, named for their funnel-shaped webs, are indigenous to Australia, but only one of these species, the Sydney funnel-web spider, is known to live in Booderee National Park
May 2, 2016 Study finds more sharks than ever swimming in waters along the East Coast More sharks than ever are swimming along the East Coast, federal researchers announced this week, amid a busy summer in which a record number of the fish have attacked North Carolina beachgoers.
May 2, 2016 Ants are safer, more effective than pesticides, study says There’s a new ant–agonist on the pesticide market. According to a review published in the Journal of Applied Ecology, trees protected by weaver ants have less pests, less plant damage, and show an increased yield when compared to trees sprayed with pesticides. The small, red tree dwellers are also cheaper to use and better for the environment.
May 2, 2016 Hummingbirds use hawks for home security Tiny hummingbird nests, with their coffee-bean-size eggs, are a tempting treat for predators.
May 2, 2016 Kermit the cannibal? Frogs sometimes eat each other It's a frog-eat-frog world out there.
May 2, 2016 60,000 antelopes died in 4 days - and no one knows why It started in late May. When geoecologist Steffen Zuther and his colleagues arrived in central Kazakhstan to monitor the calving of one herd of saigas, a critically endangered, steppe-dwelling antelope, veterinarians in the area had already reported dead animals on the ground.
