5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (995+ words) Feeding wild birds brings joy, calm, connection, and meaning, with 95% of bird feeders saying the activity positively affects their well-being. A bird feeder can become part of an ordinary day: fill it, glance out the window, and see which birds…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (1021+ words) Some ants rescue trapped nestmates, and differences in nervous-system gene activity may help explain why individuals respond differently. Ant colonies depend on workers doing different jobs, but those workers do not always react the same way to the same event....

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (970+ words) British zoos hold 106,000 animals, and just 9% are native species, with only 2% on any UK conservation priority list. Zoo signs talk about saving species from extinction, and most visitors have little reason to question that claim. Across British and Irish collections,…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (933+ words) Monkeys and apes form surprising relationships with other species, offering clues about how our close bonds with animals evolved. People keep animals as pets, feed them, brush them, and let them sleep on the bed. Scientists have long treated pet-keeping…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (984+ words) Satellite tracking shows yellow-morph green turtles can remain around the Galápagos for months while moving between nearby islands. Green turtles are known to travel hundreds to thousands of miles across large parts of the ocean to find food and reach…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (1040+ words) When treefrog females are faced with too many potential mates, all calling for attention, they often fail to choose the best male. Anyone who has walked away from a store shelf of 50 nearly identical options knows that more choice can…...