Amazing Animals

A midshipman. Credit: Margaret Marchaterre

Why Do the Midshipman Fish Hum Their Booming Choruses?

Empty circles are the nematocysts, or stinging cells, of jellyfish that have been packed together and wrapped tightly into packages of feces in the beginning of the lobster's digestive tract. The membrane, which can be seen extending off to the right side of the image, is a mechanical adaptation to prevent lobsters from being killed by their venomous food. Credit: Kaori Wakabayashi, Hiroshima University

Lobster Young Clingwrap Jellyfish Stingers for Dinner

A fimbriated moray eel. Credit: elevy/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Moray Eels Knot Themselves to Pry Prey

To Learn More About the Origins of Human Language, Look at Macaque Gestures?

One killer whale from a pod hunting a crabeater seal on an ice floe when a pair of humpbacks (one in the foreground) charged in and drove off the killer whales. Credit: Robert L. Pitman

How Humpback Whales Save Other Mammals from Being Hunted

Thomas' body lies approximately 3m from the fence line from where the observations were made. Credit: Edwin van Leeuwen & Katherine Cronin

Are Chimpanzees as Affected By Death as Humans?

A female greater honeyguide in the Niassa National Reserve, Mozambique. Credit: Claire N. Spottiswoode

Meet the Honeyguide, the Bird That Responds When People Call