Amazing Animals

A pallid bat about to strike a giant desert hairy scorpion, which is larger than the Arizona bark scorpion used in the UC Riverside study. Credit: Anand Varma

The Bat That Feels No Pain, and Other Incredible Living Things

A black turtle-headed seasnake sloughing its skin. Credit: Claire Goiran

The Dark Price That a Seasnake Paid to Live in a Polluted World

Crucian carp. Credit: Göran Erik Nilsson

Goldfish Survive Without Oxygen by Making Booze

What Decapitated Worms Can Tell Us About Seeing Without Eyes

A male mosquitofish. Credit: NOZO/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

Why Too High a Sex Drive Puts off These Female Fish – and What They Do About It

Shells of white-lipped and brown-lipped snails. Credit: Robbie Rae

How Snail Shells Were Found to Serve More Than One Purpose

Music in the Wild: The Rhythm That Palm Cockatoos Beat to Attract a Mate