Creature
All that slithers, swims, flits, flies, grows and dies
Animals, plants, microbes, fungi and all life on Earth, from long-buried dinosaurs to newly emerging infections, often serve to instruct and amaze. We are interested in everything from the simplest physical structures to the most complex emergent behavior of life's many forms — from the extinct to the evolved and from the web of ecology to the promise of animal-inspired technology.
Bacteria engineered to glow green are helping to show how damage from aging is passed down through generations.
When times get tough, an invasive comb jelly appears to make the strange evolutionary choice to cannibalize its young.
Hurricane survivors pass their grippy toes on to their offspring.
By analyzing videos of dogs and horses playing together, researchers are finding clues about what they call "a universal language of play."
A rare albino shark raises questions about how a lack of pigment affects deep-ocean creatures.
The worms absorb and digest symbiotic bacteria through their skin.
Rings of DNA inside bacteria use CRISPR process to attack each other.
New research shows female plains spadefoot toads listen up for the best mate.
Scientists fly the friendly skies with unmanned aerial vehicles to study bat behavior.
When Tasmanian devils flourish, so do the small mammals preyed upon by feral cats.
Fossil shows that miniature dinosaurs likely shared the earth with giants during the Mesozoic Era.
Genetic differences between forest lizards and city lizards show evolution can play out the same way again and again.
