Naked Mole-Rat Without Oxygen: How It Survives 18 Minutes How can a naked mole-rat without oxygen survive for 18 minutes when most mammals cannot? In a remarkable laboratory experiment published …
Flying squirrels have one of the most misleading names in the animal kingdom. They can cross impressive gaps between trees, turn in midair, and make controlled landings, but they never …
Watch a raccoon investigate a stream bank and its front paws rarely stay still. The long, mobile digits probe beneath stones, rotate objects, feel along surfaces, and gather information even …
A bull moose walks through a northern forest carrying something extraordinary above its head: a huge structure made of bone that its body built in only a matter of months. …
For months of the Arctic summer, reindeer can live under almost continuous daylight. Then winter arrives and their visual world shifts toward prolonged darkness and extended blue twilight. Remarkably, reindeer …
After sunset in a tropical American forest, a kinkajou may emerge from a tree hollow and begin moving through a world of trunks, vines and overlapping branches. Its movements can …
For nearly two centuries, a pangolin specimen collected in Nepal sat in a natural-history collection carrying evidence that scientists could not fully read when it was collected. Modern analysis of …
Bats present biologists with a remarkable puzzle. Many species are tiny, maintain demanding metabolisms, encounter numerous pathogens, and yet can live far longer than similarly sized mammals. New research on …
Across the open landscapes of western North America, the pronghorn can accelerate into a run that seems excessive for the predators pursuing it today. That mismatch has inspired one of …
Few mammals look as immediately adapted to their environment as the fennec fox. Its compact body, pale coat, furry feet, and especially its enormous ears all reflect life in the …