Pandas eat bamboo all day, but do they ever try anything else? (Photo: KingWu via Getty Images) With its black and white fur, lazy lifestyle, and friendly nature, bamboo is a key element for the endangered giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca).…
Bone collection boxes. Silk containers are decorated with the remains of previous meals, including fly wings, ant heads, weevil heads, and bark beetle abdomens. (Photo courtesy of Rubinoff Lab, Department of Entomology, University of Hawaii, Manoa) Name: Bone Collector Caterpillar…
A new study suggests that cuttlefish may “wave” their tentacles at each other to communicate. However, the work, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, does not specify what messages are being conveyed by the gesture. Communication between cuttlefish is complex…
An illustration of dinosaurs—Edmontosaurus annectens (left), Tyrannosaurus rex, and Triceratops prorsus—on a floodplain from the late Maastrichtian, about 66 million years ago. A recent study suggests that unfavorable or undetected conditions for fossils may explain the low number and diversity…
Companies are looking to create luxury items from a material that takes inspiration from the skin of a T-Rex. The bag in this image is made from crocodile skin. (Image credit: Photo collage by Marilyn Perkins; images by cumhurkaplan and…
In a controversial announcement in early April, Colossal announced that it had genetically engineered three “direwolf” pups: Romulus, Remus, and Khaleesi. (Image courtesy of Colossal Biosciences) In a controversial announcement earlier this month, scientists from Colossal Biosciences said they had…
Sharks have long been thought to be silent creatures, relying on their stealth to hunt prey and avoid predators. But now, for the first time, shark sounds have been recorded. New recordings show that whitetip reef sharks (Mustelus lenticulatus) —…
Crocodiles in the Caribbean are more diverse than previously thought. (Photo courtesy of McGill University) Researchers have discovered two new species of crocodiles that live on isolated islands in the Caribbean. Both species are critically endangered, according to a new…
Scientists collected samples of fish living in the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean and in trenches in the Indian Ocean. (Image credit: Han Xu et al. (2025) Evolution and genetic adaptation of fish to deep-sea regions. Cell, Volume 188,…
Tyrannosaurus rex, shown here running in a virtual model, was far from the fastest dinosaur. (Image courtesy of William Sellers) Until the mid-1960s, the general consensus was that all dinosaurs were cold-blooded and slow-moving creatures. However, in the summer of…