THIS STORY ORIGINALLY appeared on WIRED Italia and has been translated from Italian. The dozen butterflies were flying gracefully over a beach in French Guiana when Gerard Talavera spotted them. …
The Indianapolis Zoo wants to make sure its visitors aren’t left in the dark while on the grounds during the Total Solar Eclipse. Folks want to know how the animals …
Much like an unexpected free dinner will distract you from the leftovers sitting in your fridge, this summer’s cicada emergence will turn predators away from their usual prey. During the …
Solar eclipses, a celestial phenomenon where the moon passes between the Earth and the sun, temporarily cloaking the latter, have fascinated humans for millennia. But how do animals react to …
Feline researchers have long believed that purring is produced by voluntary muscle contractions, but a new report indicates that this vibration in the larynx of cats may be explained by …
Suddenly, Franks realized she had another meeting to get to, and here she was in a room full of free-ranging rats. She couldn’t just open the door and leave—rats would …
That has created a problem. Around 2010, soon after meeting this big, new predator that could outcompete and eat them, South Florida’s mammal populations collapsed. Large and medium-size mammals have …
This story originally appeared in High Country News and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The first grainy film clip shows a black bear exploding out of the trail …