Adapting to climate change may put some animals in a ‘trap’

Animals are altering their lives to adapt to climate change, but those changes may make them worse off, researchers warn.

James Urton-U. Washington • futurity
June 30, 2022 ~9 min

Group living puts guppies at risk of deadly parasites

Hanging out with other guppies can offer protection against predators, but all that social mingling can set them up for breeding deadly parasites.

U. Pittsburgh • futurity
June 15, 2022 ~7 min


Some jumping spiders spot blood-red mosquito bellies

A species of jumping spider in Kenya appears to use the blood-red abdomen of mosquitoes to target them as prey.

Kirsten Romaguera-U. Florida • futurity
May 13, 2022 ~4 min

Tree climbing may save gray foxes from coyotes

The ability of the gray fox to climb trees may offer a way for it coexist with coyotes, but preserving tree cover is key.

Laura Oleniacz - NC State • futurity
March 22, 2022 ~8 min

Wait, orcas can take down a blue whale?

A group of orcas, also called killer whales, took down a blue whale near Australia. A whale biologist explains this extreme kind of predation.

Ker Than-Stanford • futurity
Feb. 9, 2022 ~4 min

Wild radishes pass on defense tricks to protect their young

Animals tend to top nature's list of protective parents, but wild radishes and other plants can also go to impressive lengths to protect their young.

Holly Alyssa MacCormick-Stanford • futurity
Sept. 8, 2021 ~9 min

Once common weasels are doing a vanishing act

Three species of weasel, including one considered the world's smallest carnivore, are likely in decline, researchers say.

Laura Oleniacz - NC State • futurity
Aug. 5, 2021 ~5 min

People ratchet up feelings of burnout in stressed out fawns

When fawns sense danger from many sources, they relax rather than act hypervigilant. It's like they feel "there's no point in being ready to hide or flee."

Jeff Mulhollem-Penn State • futurity
Aug. 3, 2021 ~8 min


Plumose anemone has a taste for ants—and spiders, too

The plumose anenome dines on a surprising menu item: ants. A new study digs into how they became part of a marine food chain.

Charlotte Hsu-Buffalo • futurity
June 24, 2021 ~7 min

Snails toting world’s tiniest computers solve extinction mystery

Snails carrying the world's smallest computers have helped solve the mystery of a species that survived mass extinction, researchers report.

Kate McAlpine-Michigan • futurity
June 15, 2021 ~7 min

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