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Juvenile ornate or painted wood turtle (Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima)

Life

Vocal communication recorded in 53 animals we thought were silent

New recordings of sounds made by reptiles, amphibians and fish suggest that vocal communication has a common evolutionary origin in vertebrates

Indeever Madireddy

Life

High school student is first to sequence the angelfish genome

Mountain lion above Los Angeles

Life

Mountain lions outside Los Angeles take more risks after wildfire

In open, blue ocean water, a tuna fish (at left) rubs the back half of its body against the tail of a shark, facing the camera at center

Life

Tuna use sharks as back scratchers despite risk of being eaten

Life

The world is full of living gold, which is more valuable than riches

Female robin

Life

Scientists finally realised female robins sing just as well as males

Toy car with flag on a pole in front of a herd of cows

Environment

A remote-controlled car with a flag on a pole can herd cattle

Life reconstruction of Edmontosaurus

Life

Mummified dinosaur has bite marks and gashes in its skin

Erect crested penguins

Life

Erect-crested penguins always reject their first egg and lay another

A transplanted human organoid labeled with a fluorescent protein in a section of the rat brain. Credit: Stanford University.

Life

Human neurons transplanted into a rat’s brain influence its behaviour

Researchers propose that rats with human neurons derived from stem cells implanted into their brains could be used to test new psychiatric drugs

Life

Monkeys and lemurs are coming down from the trees as climate warms up

Life

High-ranking monkeys are more prone to gain weight in captivity

Life

Newly recognised species of sloth has a head like a coconut

Life

Lemurs hug tree trunks to cool down when temperatures top 30°C