Scientists built a robot to help explain how a tropical bat spots insects perched on leaves using echolocation, a highly ...

Flamingos are often seen as peaceful waders, standing gracefully in shallow lakes with their heads dipped underwater. But beneath that calm surface, they're executing a surprisingly sophisticated and ...

High up from the forest floor, birds flit from limb to limb and weave their homes from leafy foliage, seemingly safe from ...

Spiders are intriguing creepy crawlies, and now, scientists have discovered that some spiders lure prey in using a terrifyingly smart tactic that may give you nightmares. The researchers made this ...

A new international study led by researchers from Aarhus University and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) reveals that small bats can be just as efficient predators as lions—and often ...

Once orb-weaver spiders ensnare male fireflies in their webs, they turn the doomed insects into bait, using their telltale flashing to lure in more meals. In a stretch of farmland in Hubei Province, ...

A blanket of snow isn’t enough to keep a hungry fox from a hot meal. In wintry landscapes, mice and other rodents find refuge in tunnels beneath the snow’s surface. But a wily fox will tilt its head ...

Countless bacteria call the vastness of the oceans home, and they all face the same problem: the nutrients they need to grow and multiply are scarce and unevenly distributed in the waters around them.