Amazing Animals

A mantis shrimp. Credit: Michael Bok, Lund University

The Mantis Shrimps’ Eyesight is Even More Extraordinary Than We Thought

A juvenile frigatebird. Credit: Henri Weimerskirch, CEBC CNRS

Frigatebirds May Sleep in the Air

A potential meal stimulates the touch-sensitive trigger hairs inside a Venus flytrap. Credit: Soenke Scherzer

Inside the Plant That Eats Its Enemies

After mating, the male of Darwin's bark spider (Caerostris darwini) chews on his palps. The emasculation presumably renders the eunuch more aggressive, being better at fighting off rival males that might also want to mate with 'his' female. Credit: Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts

Within the Ritualistic Arena of Spider Sex, Male Darwin’s Bark Spiders Add a New Twist

An echidna. Credit: Christine Cooper

How do Echidnas Survive Wildfires?

A sperm whale. Credit: lakpura/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Do Sperm Whales Use Their Heads as Battering Rams?

T. gondii tissue cyst in a mouse brain; individual bradyzoites can be seen within. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

A Parasite That Allegedly Causes Chimpanzees to Become Sexually Attracted to Leopards