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99 strange collective animal names11
Whether it’s a shrewdness of apes, a pandemonium of parrots or a zeal of zebras, lots of animals have bizarre, little-known names when they cluster into crowds. Clockwise from top left: A skulk of...
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Eastern Screech Owl, Georgia
Photograph by Graham McGeorge This Month in Photo of the Day: Travel Photos Masters of disguise. The eastern screech owl is seen here doing what they do best. You better have a sharp eye to spot these...
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Hope for Endangered Butterfly Species
Newly collected eggs give the Schaus butterfly a chance. Researchers are working to save the Schaus swallowtail, a species of butterfly that was declared endangered in 1984. Photograph courtesy Jaret...
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Shark Stewards Project Report
The Great Hammerhead, Sphyrna mokarran, is only one of the threatened hammerhead species and one of too many sharks that are rapidly disappearing as the essential top predators; Hammerhead shark image;...
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Secret life of the cat: The science of tracking our pets
They share our homes, sleep on our beds and occasionally bring unwanted gifts. Yet, despite our domestic cats playing a big role in our lives, we know surprisingly little about what they get up to. A...
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Death of Dolphin in China Sparks Outrage—and Questions
What you should, and shouldn’t do, if you come across a stranded marine mammal. Tourists gather on an Australian beach to photograph a dolphin as it comes close to shore. Photograph by David Doubilet,...
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Would you magically reset your country to only its native species?
Esther Inglis-Arkell poses a really interesting question over at io9: Let’s say you get a device, or perhaps a biological agent, or maybe even a weirdly specific wizard-wand. It has one function. If...
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Please do not shoot the world’s oldest wild bear
Speak up, dear. Photo: Minnesota DNR Go to Northern Minnesota and you may be lucky enough to spot the oldest wild bear in the world, descriptively named No. 56. She’s only 39, but she’s had 26 kids,...
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Fennec Fox, Morocco
Photograph by Francisco Mingorance The fennec, or desert fox, is a canine mammal species of the genus Vulpes, which inhabits the Sahara Desert and Arabia. This is the smallest species of the family...
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