October 20, 2015 A tale of 2 setters? Study says dogs pick up on subtle signal from tail wags to left or right The way Fido wags his tail might reveal more about him than you know. Just ask another dog.
October 20, 2015 Kraken rises: New fossil evidence of 'sea monster' Did a giant kraken troll the Triassic seas, crushing ichthyosaurs and arranging their bones into pleasing patterns?
October 20, 2015 Beaver butts emit goo used in vanilla flavored foods Next time you pick up a vanilla candy, think twice. A chemical compound used in vanilla flavored foods and scents comes from the butt of a beaver.
October 20, 2015 First face? Prehistoric fish was a jawdropper The earliest known species with what we would recognize as a face was an armored, beady-eyed prehistoric fish, according to a new paper in the journal Nature.
October 20, 2015 Blue-footed boobies suddenly expand range in California High-diving seabirds known as blue-footed boobies have suddenly expanded their range in California.
October 20, 2015 It's a shark eat shark world, photo reveals Here’s an oceanic enigma: What’s the word for a bait fish stuffed inside a dogfish shark, stuffed inside a sand tiger shark (Carcharias taurus)?
October 20, 2015 Hey Flipper! Dolphins call each other by name Dolphins call to each other using distinctive whistles that serve as names, new research suggests
October 20, 2015 Biologists race to solve mysterious mass animal deaths in Florida lagoon At least 111 manatees, 300 pelicans, and 46 dolphins — emaciated to the point of skin and bones — were all found dead in America’s most biologically diverse estuary.
October 20, 2015 Death of hundreds of baby right whales continues to puzzle scientists Scientists still don't know why hundreds of baby southern right whales are turning up dead around Patagonia, a decade after observers first saw signs of the worst die-off on record for the species.
October 20, 2015 Bugged by the billions: East Coast about to see power of big numbers in coming cicada invasion Any day now, billions of cicadas with bulging red eyes will creep out of the ground and overrun parts of the East Coast.