Researchers working near the Mariana Trench have captured footage of a jellyfish that boggles the imagination.
Continue reading This Deep Sea Jellyfish Looks Like It Came From Outer Space
Researchers working near the Mariana Trench have captured footage of a jellyfish that boggles the imagination.
Continue reading This Deep Sea Jellyfish Looks Like It Came From Outer Space
Each year, the migratory monarch butterfly embarks on an extraordinary journey from eastern North America to central Mexico. A multidisciplinary team of scientists has now created a model circuit that finally explains how these insects are able to navigate across such vast distances.
In a scene eerily reminiscent of Rise of the Planet of the Apes, an escaped chimpanzee sought refuge on the power lines of a Japanese suburb. The chimp was eventually subdued after a frantic two-hour police chase, but you have to wonder: Why didn’t he get zapped by the power lines? Here’s the answer.
Continue reading How Did This Escaped Chimp Not Get Zapped Into Oblivion?
Trap-jaw spiders hunt by sneaking up on their prey and rapidly snapping their mandibles shut, but scientists weren’t entirely sure about the mechanics involved. Using high-speed video, researchers from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History have chronicled just how these spiders manage such an impressive combination of power and speed. The details can now be found in Current Biology.
Continue reading Horrifying Footage Reveals the Lightning-Fast Chomp of Trap-Jaw Spiders
Some animals are capable of magnetoreception—an added sense that helps them detect magnetic fields. European scientists have now learned that the molecule responsible for this trait is also found in the eyes of dogs and some primates, which suggests they too might be capable of seeing magnetic fields.
Continue reading Dogs and Certain Primates May Be Able To See Magnetic Fields
You’ve probably watched enough Animal Planet to know that humpback whales communicate using clicks and whistles. But put on a pair of headphones and listen to the video above. Beneath the shrill chatter we’ve all heard before, there’s a much lower-pitched tone, eerily reminiscent of a human heartbeat.
Continue reading We’ve Never Heard Whales Make This Haunting Sound Before
An international team of marine biologists has made the first-ever field observations of rare Omura’s whales—one of the least known species of whales in the world — while working off the coast of Madagascar.
Continue reading Watch the First Footage of the Planet’s Most Elusive Whale