Tiny bat uses a lion-like strategy to save energy and capture large prey with surprising success

A new international study led by researchers from Aarhus University and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) ...

This tiny bat is one of the world’s deadliest hunters

According to researchers at Aarhus University in Denmark and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, small flying ...
AZ Animals

This Isn’t a Marvel Character—It’s a Real Lizard

What lizard is known as the Spiderman lizard and can scale vertical walls? It's the Mwanza flat-headed rock agama that lives ...
The New Yorker

A Thimbleful of Grass, the Siege of Vienna, Noon Marks, Some Elaborate Oysters, and a Very Old Bee

Noon comes all too soon, and so does Sarah. “You get out!” she cries. “You’re not allowed to be in here.” Then she sees that Jenny hasn’t messed up anything at all this time; the doll’s house is neat, ...
Birds & Blooms on MSN

6 Bird Beak Types and How Birds Use Them to Eat

Bird beaks have a variety of shapes and purposes. Here are common bird beak types you should look for and how they help birds ...

15 Strange Things Airbnb Hosts Have Actually Asked Guests To Do

One of the strangest requests reported is being asked to watch the host’s children. A quick errand for the host becomes hours ...
Phys.org

3-legged lizards can thrive against all odds, challenging assumptions about how evolution works in the wild

We are lizard biologists, and to do our work we need to catch lizards—never an easy task with such fast, agile creatures. Years ago, one of us was in the Bahamas chasing a typically uncooperative ...