Animal behavior
The insects adorn their hives with animal feces to fend off giant hornet attacks.
Treatment that eases bipolar symptoms in humans stops risky behavior in infected sticklebacks.
The subterranean rodents have little use for vision, but their magnetic sense tells them which direction is which.
Separate subspecies of the fork-tailed flycatcher make different trill sounds with their wing feathers.
The bright flowerlike symmetry of Australia’s northern jeweled orb-web spider lures in hungry prey.
The discovery raises hopes that chimps can adapt to threats such as climate change.
Finding suggests "megapredators" may have been more common in Mesozoic Era than previously thought.
For Asiatic lionesses, sex may be a way of protecting their cubs from murderous males.
Alligator blood inhibits a key toxin in the venom of vipers such as rattlesnakes and copperheads.
The beetles apparently use their legs to speed up their trip through the frogs' entire digestive system.
Scientists discover a new method of communication in Atlantic ghost crabs.