In 2020, a viral video of an unusual interaction between a badger and a coyote captivated the internet. Filmed by a camera with a remote sensor in California’s Santa Cruz Mountains, the images showed the two animals into a culvert to pass under a highway. With a wagging tail, the coyote ran toward the badger … Read more
Resume: Researchers studied the brain and body sizes of 1,500 species and found that larger animals do not have proportionally larger brains, challenging long-held beliefs. The study reveals that the relationship between brain and body size is curved, not linear. This discovery helps explain why humans and other species deviate from the norm in the … Read more
THIS STORY IS ORIGINAL Appeared on WIRED Italy and has been translated from Italian. The twelve butterflies were flying gracefully across a beach in French Guiana when Gerard Talavera spotted them. It took only a moment to see that they were extraordinary. These were not just any butterflies, he saw, but painted ladies (Vanessa card)—beautiful … Read more
A DEEP-sea predator that can live for 500 years could hold the key to fighting heart disease and living longer. Researchers believe the metabolism of the invincible Greenland shark could be the secret to its longevity. They hope it is the same for us. The Greenland shark could hold the key to longevityCredit: Alamy Experimental … Read more
Most animal societies are led by males, but in some, females rule. These matriarchal groups are typically led by the oldest and wisest individuals. Female leadership has evolved primarily in mammals, which tend to live longer and have fewer offspring than other species. Animals with female leaders are those in which females have a disproportionate … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. CNN — People are not the only ones who can perform amputations to save lives. A new study has found that carpenter ants in Florida bite off the injured limbs of nestmates, depending on the … Read more
Scientists have long debated why woolly mammoths, giant sloths and 44 other giant, plant-eating “megaherbivores” became extinct about 50,000 years ago. Some paleontologists, biologists and others have argued that drastic climate changes during the past two ice ages were responsible for the extinction of these majestic creatures. But a new study has found another culprit: … Read more
Research has shown that a group of armadillos originally thought to be a single species may actually consist of four separate species. The nine-banded armadillo, the official small mammal of Texas, may actually be four different species, one of which is new to science, according to a new paper in the journal Systematic biology. This … Read more
Sergio Pitamitz/VWPics/Universal Images Group/Getty Images Two male African elephants exhibit same-sex sexual behavior in Tsavo, Kenya. Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. CNN — Same-sex sexual behavior has been observed in more than 1,500 species, but a new study has found … Read more
An artist’s impression of Lokiceratops as it would have looked 78 million years ago in the swamps of northern Montana, complete with two Probrachylophosauruses moving by in the background. Artwork by Fabrizio Lavezzi © Evolutionsmuseet, Knuthenborg June 20 (UPI) — US scientists on Thursday announced the discovery of a new species of horned dinosaur, which … Read more