7+ hour, 55+ min ago  (285+ words) The closer to home, the better 12: 00 PM CDT on April 22, 2026 For all the recordings of nature marketed as relaxation and sleep aids, not all "nature sounds" are necessarily soothing. You're not, for example, likely to snooze while listening to raucous…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago  (222+ words) Or does Polly just want attention? 11: 00 AM CDT on April 21, 2026 But do parrots really cognitively grasp what names mean?" It's a bit unclear. Many of the parrots used names in ways we typically wouldn't. For example, some birds repeated their…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago  (241+ words) These mysterious species have a lot of tricks 11: 30 AM CDT on April 20, 2026 With transparent dagger-like teeth lining its gaping mouth, the black seadevil is one of the most terrifying looking creatures on Earth'and that's before you take into account the…...

1+ week, 10+ hour ago  (438+ words) It's a striking example of convergent evolution 9: 00 AM CDT on April 15, 2026 New research published in Current Biology reveals they use their long tongues as a kind of makeshift straw to hoover up nectar in flowers'the first vertebrates known to do…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (167+ words) 3: 30 PM CDT on April 14, 2026 All of this, along with a recently adopted international framework for jaguar conservation and the Jaguar 2030 Conservation Roadmap for the Americas, which has been endorsed by 16 of the 18 countries within the natural range of jaguars, should…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (424+ words) Is it nature or nurture? 5: 00 PM CDT on April 10, 2026 Birds do it, bees do it, even African fish do it. Nest building is behavior displayed by all kinds of species, but how do they know how to construct these refuges?...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (258+ words) 4: 30 PM CDT on April 2, 2026 Rumors of Jonathan the Tortoise's death have been greatly exaggerated. The ancient Seychelles giant tortoise is still alive and well despite a post on X (formerly Twitter), purporting to be from the owner, announcing his demise....

3+ week, 7+ hour ago  (154+ words) And the trade-offs inherent to every twitch 12: 00 PM CDT on April 1, 2026 Many mammals have whiskers that help them feel out their environments. The sensory experience may include subtle detection of vibrations, such as how elephant trunk whiskers pick up mechanical…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (377+ words) 2: 00 PM CDT on March 30, 2026 When you're watching a nature documentary and a lioness is stalking an unaware zebra from the tall grass, who do you root for?" Part of you might want to see this powerful apex predator perform the…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (304+ words) Conservation plans for climate change must consider both fear and food 1: 00 PM CDT on March 30, 2026 Optimal foraging theory posits that animals will choose areas with more abundant resources while avoiding those with high predator densities. Studies on "the landscape of…...