These tiny, mysterious fish may be key to solving coral reef ‘paradox’
Cryptobenthic fish may be feeding entire reef communities
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Forget seabirds. Baby tiger sharks feast on songbirds in the Gulf of Mexico
The sharks may pick off migrating birds that are knocked into the sea by storms -
Lions wounded by porcupines may be more likely to attack people
Hobbled by their injuries, the big cats may turn to easier prey -
This 3-million-year-old mouse just gave scientists the key to decoding ancient red pigments
New technique for analysis leaves precious fossils intact -
Bonobo ‘helicopter’ moms stand guard while their sons mate
Mothers introduce them to fertile females, then break up the mating attempts of other males -
Bedbugs date back to the time of the dinosaurs, new family tree suggests
Every half-million years, a new species switches to human hosts -
‘Wood wide web’—the underground network of microbes that connects trees—mapped for first time
Global census of forest fungi suggests warming could trigger soil carbon bomb -
Fear the cats! Bold project teaches endangered Australian animals to avoid deadly predator
Strategy could aid conservation efforts, early results suggest -
The ‘superblack’ patches on these spiders make their other colors glow
Peacock spider patches are made up of tiny bumps that reflect less than 0.5% of light -
African swine fever keeps spreading in Asia, threatening food security
“This is probably the most serious animal health disease [the world has] had for a long time, if not ever.” -
Most snail shells coil to the right. This single gene may be the reason why
Snails with a mutated version of the gene have shells that coil to the left -
This spider turns its web into a slingshot, flinging itself at prey
Using stored energy in the silk, the spider shoots forward at extraordinary speeds -
Cats rival dogs on many tests of social smarts. But is anyone brave enough to study them?
Social cognition researchers are finally probing the secrets of the feline mind—when the cats deign to cooperate -
In the deep, dark, ocean fish have evolved superpowered vision
Photoreceptor genes have diversified in deep-living fish to capture every possible photon -
Life thrives in Antarctic hot spots created by seal and penguin poop
Nitrogen-rich feces create a perfect breeding ground for Antarctic life -
This global map of manure could help save farming as we know it
Plotting livestock poop could kick-start smarter phosphorus use
