Zoology

Piecing Together the Archaeopteryx Puzzle

The scientific consensus today is that Archaeopteryx is one of the earliest birds. Find out why these fossils have had such a big impact.

Do you get a warm, fuzzy feeling after watching cat videos online? If so, that emotional effect may be more…

Find out how natural history museum staff transport the body of a giant squid. These animals grow to the size…

By Tom Evans (@AquaEvans) Here is a healthy reminder that all those other fish in the sea aren’t so bad. I’d…

Biology Zoology

Are you wondering how a hummingbird flies? The flight skills of these tiny birds put our airplanes and helicopters to…

By Kate S. They don’t have Twitter accounts, but dolphins are able to form highly complex and dynamic networks of…

Are we headed toward a future with no bees? Declining Bee Populations Revisited covers what we know about bee hive collapse and recovery.

Only three Isle Royale Wolves remain, according the the latest count. Find out why, and if anything can be done to save the wolf population.

The Skull of the Olinguito This video, fourth in the Shelf Life series, reveals how scientists in the field found…

By Steven Spence “Yaffle” was one of the English folk names given to the European green woodpecker (German Grünspecht; Latin…