Tracking units on the shell of a wood turtle. The tracking information these GPS units collect is used to understand how wood turtles move throughout the year. Image credit: Smithsonian's Movement of ...

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You are an egg person. You wake up in a large turnip. The world around you is alien, with an eerie, neon glow. But there’s a familiarity to it. A nearby squirrel beckons you to chase it, and lazy ...

Bees play by rolling wooden balls — apparently for fun. The cleaner wrasse fish appears to recognize its own visage in an underwater mirror. Octopuses seem to react to anesthetic drugs and will avoid ...

A group of prominent biologists and philosophers announced a new consensus: There’s “a realistic possibility” that insects, octopuses, crustaceans, fish and other overlooked animals experience ...

Janice Burgess, the Emmy-winning creator of Nickelodeon's The Backyardigans, has died. She was 72. According to The New York Times, Burgess died Saturday in hospice care in Manhattan. On Tuesday, ...

Janice Burgess, the Nickelodeon executive who created “The Backyardigans,” has died. She was 72. “We are saddened to learn of the passing of one of the great architects of Nick Jr. and creator of the ...

Last December an Instagram Reel of a “crying” bison—created by photographer Chris Henry—went viral. The video has received more than eight million views and generated thousands of comments. But can ...