Amazing Animals

The common shrew (Sorex araneus). Credit: Karol Zub

Winter Is Coming – and the Shrews Are Shrinking

Janaki Lenin 30/10/2017

Born in spring, the common shrew attains about 70%...

An Australian rainforest scorpion. Credit: David Wilson

Scorpions Are Not One-Hit Wonders – They Have Venoms for All Occasions

Janaki Lenin 23/10/2017

An individual scorpion can change its internal physiology in...

Anthony's poison frog, Epipedobates anthonyi, is the original source of epibatidine. Credit: Rebecca Tarvin/University of Texas at Austin

This Frog’s Poison Is Among the Deadliest in Nature – So Why Doesn’t It Kill the Frog Itself?

Janaki Lenin 09/10/2017

Learning how poison frogs evolved to resist their toxins...

Jellyfish prefer to sit upside down on the floor of their tank. Credit: Caltech

Sleeping Jellyfish, Discreet Cannibals, Conscientious Parrotfish and Other Amazing Animals

Janaki Lenin 02/10/2017

A quick review of interesting research on living things...

Elderly barn owls do not become hard of hearing as they age. Credit: Group Animal Physiology and Behaviour, Oldenburg University

It’s a Hoot Being an Owl – They Don’t Become Deafer With Age

Janaki Lenin 01/10/2017

The higher end of the barn owls' hearing spectrum...

An ant colony in a lab. Credit: Daniel Charbonneau

The Last Insect You’d Expect to Put up With Laziness Is the Ant – but It Does

Janaki Lenin 24/09/2017

Ant colonies put up with inefficient gold bricks in...

Portrait of an African wild dog. Credit: Andrew King

How Do African Wild Dogs Decide to Start Hunting?

Janaki Lenin 10/09/2017

Biologists have found that they sneeze to vote. But...