Amazing Animals

A mantis shrimp. Credit: Michael Bok, Lund University

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

Janaki Lenin 24/07/2016

But what exactly are mantis shrimps using their ridiculously...

A juvenile frigatebird. Credit: Henri Weimerskirch, CEBC CNRS

Frigatebirds May Sleep in the Air

Janaki Lenin 06/07/2016

Migrating birds burn up reserves even though they feed...

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

Inside the Plant That Eats Its Enemies

Janaki Lenin 18/05/2016

How does a plant digest its prey? What molecular...

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

Janaki Lenin 10/05/2016

None of self-mutilation, cannibalism, bondage and genital plugging among...

An echidna. Credit: Christine Cooper

How do Echidnas Survive Wildfires?

Janaki Lenin 25/04/2016

They survived the cataclysmic event that killed the dinosaurs....

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

Do Sperm Whales Use Their Heads as Battering Rams?

Janaki Lenin 12/04/2016

Could a 56-ton Moby Dick ram and sink Ahab's...

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

Janaki Lenin 24/02/2016

If the behaviour of our closest relatives can change...