
Animals
A dog’s breed doesn’t say much about its behavior
Many people associate dog breeds with specific behavioral traits. But breed appears to account for only about 9 percent of behavioral differences.
By Anna Gibbs
Many people associate dog breeds with specific behavioral traits. But breed appears to account for only about 9 percent of behavioral differences.
Scientists used new and old tools to overturn 160-year-old ideas about this wasp. They show you can’t tell a wasp by its looks.
A respiratory infection that spread to air sacs in the vertebrae of a sauropod dinosaur likely led to the dino's now-fossilized bone lesions.
A YouTuber discovered a new tarantula genus living in bamboo near his home in Thailand. It’s the only tarantula known to choose such a habitat.
Archaeological finds from an ancient French rock-shelter show periodic settlements by both populations, just not at the same time.
People bred these animals — part donkey, part wild ass — some 4,500 years ago, probably for use in fighting wars.
The newfound deep-living species tunnels belowground using a whopping 1,306 legs!
This word refers to a feature of a living thing that helps it better survive in its environment — or the process of that feature evolving in a population.
Scientists are using genetic engineering and cloning to try to bring back extinct species or save endangered ones. Here’s how and why.
A cloned ferret named Elizabeth Ann brings genetic diversity to a species that nearly went extinct in the 1980s.