New Insights From Creatures' Perspective
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Two decades ago, Greg Marshall was diving off the reefs of Belize studying queen conchs when he noticed a reef shark passing by with a remora clinging to its belly. The thought occurred to Marshall, who was then a graduate student in marine environmental science, that if a camera could be attached...
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Big evolutionary insights sometimes come in little packages. Witness the startling discovery, in a cave on the eastern Indonesian island of Flores, of the partial skeleton of a half-size Homo species that
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In the animal kingdom, a capacity for trends could mean the difference between life and death.
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Paris - Marine biologists say they have obtained the first proof that sharks can spot changes in magnetic fields, boosting evidence that the creatures have an internal compass to guide them as well as a phenomenal sense of smell.
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Scientists identify dogs' emotions and say technology could help them better communicate with humans.
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An animal the size of a small squirrel experimented with aerial life about the same time as birds, scientists said.
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Real and mythological creatures mingle in the strange looking-glass world of two new museum exhibitions.
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U.S. scientists have found traces of limbs in the development of primitive ray-finned fishes.  That discovery contradicts the belief that tetrapods -- land-living vertebrates -- have been evolutionary innovations unique to that group.
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Tycho:  It's hard to imagine not having access to a deep reservoir of supernatural knowledge to enrich and inform my daily life.  As early as age thirteen I was already curating a collection of incredible facts, highly granular assessments of wicked and ancient lizards, up to and including notes on their diet, sleep habits, and taste in home decor.  From the demure to the diabolical, I have sought to build a robust profile of the hidden world.  My very mind is an arsenal.
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Introducing birdcinema.com, a YouTube for birdwatchers.
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Scientific study of the secrets of "freeze-tolerant" animals may yield clues for improving human medicine.
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Now a new study, published tomorrow in the science journal Nature, suggests that another striking mammal, the Irish elk, likewise lived way beyond the last ice age.
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Attacks by elephants on villages, people and other animals are on the rise. Some researchers are pointing to a species-wide trauma and the fraying of the fabric of pachyderm society.
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By BARRY MCDONALD  WEIRD creatures you say? That's hardly a rarity on TV these days. A simple flick through the channels will reveal a varied and exotic bunch of creatures.
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This Behind the Scenes article was provided to LiveScience in partnership with the National Science Foundation. Chris Austin&rsquo;s fieldwork takes him to some of the most inaccessible places on Earth in the pursuit of knowledge about the diversity of the world&rsquo;s amphibians and reptiles. He serves as assistant curator of Herpetology and assistant professor of Biological Science at the Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science and Department of Biological Science. This story relates some of the trials, tribulations, and triumphs of field work in remote New Guinea.
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By Steve Connor  The first detailed survey of the microbial "zoo" living on the human body has found far more species than expected - and a significant proportion are new to science.
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By Steve Connor  It will come as no surprise to owners of cantankerous cats or disobedient dogs, but scientists have now confirmed what pet lovers have always known: that each animal has its own distinct personality.