Amazing Animals

Why Bird Eggs Come in Different Shapes

A pied flycatcher. Credit: David Wheatcroft

Why Songbirds Are Born With Some Music Patterns Wired Into Their Genes

Squalius alburnoides. Credit: Isabel Catalão

The Male Fish That Fathered a Clone of Himself

Credit: dimitrisvetsikas1969/pixabay

The Flamingo’s One-Legged Act, Ants’ Princess Pheromones, Pampered Orangutans

Do Female Dragonflies Feign Death to Avoid Sex?

A wasp drilling into a fig. Credit: Pratibha Yadav

Meet the Wasp That Sniffs With Its Bum

A mother-calf humpback whale pair in Exmouth Gulf. Credit: Fredrik Christiansen

Whispering Whales, Neuron-Editing Octopuses and the Mammal That Gets By on Low Oxygen