Animals

It’s Crazy to Move a Hundred-Year-Old Tree, But This One Is Thriving

There's controversy surrounding the oak's new home, but park or no park, the Ghirardi Oak is staying, and the transport seems to have been a success

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Our Battle Against Extinction, 100 Recipes and More Recent Books Reviewed

Growing up as a poor Astor and the roots of psychiatry

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We’re Just 35 Devil’s Hole Pupfish Away From the World’s Best-Documented Extinction

If the species does go extinct, it will join Florida's Dusky seaside sparrow as an endangered species that has died out while under federal protection

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One Confused Loon Spent 48 Days Trying to Hatch Rocks

In July 2011, something strange was going on with one of the loons at a Massachusetts sanctuary

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Why Guppies Seem to Have a Death Wish

Aquarium-leaping guppies don't necessarily want to die, they're just trying to colonize the next pond over

Fish Bladders Are Actually a Thing People Smuggle, And They’re Worth a Lot of Money

One bladder from the totoaba macdonaldi fish can garner $5,000 in the United States, and over $10,000 in Asia

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The ‘FlipperBot’ Is Almost as Cute as the Baby Sea Turtles It Mimics

This bio-inspired robot could help conserve and restore beaches as well as teach us about how our ancient aquatic ancestors evolved to walk on land

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Oxford Principal Nixes Student Plan to Have Live Shark at Ball

The tipoff that it would appear at all came from a poster for the ball that simply says, in large white letters, "Ginglymostoma cirratum (you should really go look that up)"

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As Tigers Dwindle, Poachers Turn to Lions for ‘Medicinal’ Bones

Because wildlife managers are overwhelmed by the rhino horn poaching epidemic, investigations into missing lions will likely take second place

Can Cloning Giant Redwoods Save the Planet?

Redwoods are mighty trees, but would planting more of them help combat climate change?

Invasive Lionfish Are Like a Living, Breathing, Devastating Oil Spill

Meet the lionfish - the poisonous and ravenous fish that is making its way across the Atlantic ocean like a slowly crawling, devastating oil spill

ZnO Fall Flowers. Image by Audrey Forticaux, a graduate student in the Chemistry Department

Intriguing Science Art From the University of Wisconsin

From a fish's dyed nerves to vapor strewn across the planet, images submitted to a contest at the university offer new perspectives of the natural world

From Elephant Poop Coffee Comes Elephant Poop Coffee Beer

Beer made from coffee beans that have passed through an elephant reportedly tastes "very interesting."

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Crowds Help Robots Repair Damaged Coral Reefs

A team of Scottish scientists hopes to raise $107,000 to build coral reef repairing robots

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Why Rodents Can’t Throw Up, In Case You Were Wondering

A combination of physiology and neurology prevents these hairy little guys from being able to upchuck

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With New Ban, No More Lions and Tigers and Bears at Circuses

Any animal not normally domesticated in the UK will no longer appear on stage

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Trees Make Noises, and Some of Those Sounds Are Cries for Help

Knowing what kinds of noises trees in distress produce means researchers may be able to target those most in need of emergency waterings during droughts

Are Animal Rules for TVs And Movies Strict Enough?

The rules are extensive, but after three horses died in the filming of the HBO show "Luck," some are wondering if they're strict enough

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If You Watch Slow Loris Videos on YouTube, Are You Threatening the Species' Survival?

Never has been being so cute been so dangerous

Animals Use Medicine, Too

From chimps to caterpillars to birds and flies, all sorts of animals use medicine

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