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Golden jackals are naturally spreading from the Balkans deep into Western Europe

By Kiran Journals · Sep 24, 2026

Twenty-nine reindeer were put on a remote Bering Sea island in 1944, reached over 6,000 by 1963, and were down to 42 three years later

By Kiran Journals · Sep 19, 2026

Mice discovered performing emergency airway technique on unconscious companions

By Daniel Moran · Sep 17, 2026

African forest elephants' disappearance threatens the wood that lines piano keys

By Daniel Moran · Sep 17, 2026

Moonlight shapes nightjar activity, temperature and breeding cycles

By Science Blog Editorial Team · Sep 15, 2026

Scientists froze the world's oldest animal without knowing it had lived 507 years

By Natural History · Sep 13, 2026

Social Sciences

USPS still mails live baby birds if they're wet from hatching

By Daniel Moran · Sep 10, 2026

Dog and human eye contact triggers the bonding hormone that connects mothers and babies

By Science Blog Editorial Team · Sep 9, 2026

Tuna farms attract record gathering of 150 eagle rays scavenging scraps

By Lab Report · Sep 9, 2026

Rescuers discovered why a hedgehog ballooned up and how to deflate it

By Lab Report · Sep 9, 2026

Four hippos brought to Colombia in 1981 have multiplied into nearly 200 animals roaming the Magdalena River basin

By Daniel Moran · Sep 7, 2026

Researchers put bright patterned sleeves on 94 hunting cats, and the birds they brought home fell by nearly two-thirds

By Science Blog Editorial Team · Sep 7, 2026

At Denver Zoo, one-year-old Huon tree kangaroo Nane

By Lab Report · Sep 6, 2026

Scientists uncovered a bizarre crocodile cousin from 215 million years ago that started life walking on all fours, then changed its entire…

By Daniel Moran · Sep 6, 2026