17 Animals That Change Their Behavior Under Moonlight

For many animals, moonlight changes everything from the way they hunt to how they protect themselves or find mates. Some ...
Colorado Public Radio

The dragonfly mating game has been upended, new study finds. And that has repercussions up and down the food chain

As wildfires become more common and more severe, habitats that are burned become even hotter. The study found that in areas ...
Yahoo

Flirting with disaster: When endangered wild animals try to mate with domestic relatives, both wildlife and people lose

Fatal attractions are a standard movie plotline, but they also occur in nature, with much more serious consequences. As a conservation biologist, I’ve seen them play out in some of Earth’s most remote ...

8 animals with large and beautiful horns on their head

Horns are one of nature's most magnificent creations. Horns help animals protect themselves, attract mates, and signal ...

‘Dragon'-like creatures seen mating at cave in Thailand. They're a new species

At a cave of northern Thailand, a "dragon"-like creature with "long" legs moved across the rock wall to reach a potential mate. The pair blended in with the stone but not quite enough to avoid ...

Do animals fall for optical illusions? What fish and birds can teach us about perception

Have you ever looked at two circles of exactly the same size and sworn one was larger? If so, your eyes have been tricked by ...
KHQ

Zoo uses ‘Blind Date’ technique to get rare animals to mate

A zoo has taken inspiration from TV's "Blind Date" to try and get two rare Malagasy fossas to mate as part of an international breeding program. Seven-year-old Zaza has recently arrived at Chester Zoo ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Five Dramatic Ways Animals Respond to Human Noise, From Mimicking Car Alarms While Wooing Mates to Calling Higher Over the Din of Traffic

As human-caused sound gets louder around the world, some animals change their behavior and many creatures suffer health issues Olivia Ferrari As human noise increases around the world, some animals ...