Monkeys eat—and then floss
Nicobar long-tailed macaques use an array of tools, including bird feathers to floss their teeth
Mites squatting on spider webs steal food
A newly-discovered species of mite sets up home on a spider’s web and nibbles away at any insects the spider catches
Salamander ate a frog for its final meal
A fossil salamander that lived at least 34 million years ago is in such good condition that the remains of a frog it ate are still in its digestive tract
Fungus creates zombie bugs with a short afterlife
The infected bugs seek out flowers, stick their heads in and bite for their life. Then, hours after dying, their wings spring into action.
This tree leans more than the Leaning Tower of Pisa
There’s a lesser-known leaning tower to which not many tourists flock for a photo.
Queenless ant colony trapped in nuclear bunker forever
With new recruits that keep raining in from up above, this unique society has no queen, and the ants work in pitch darkness with no obvious access to food
Poo matters: Earwig young survive on siblings’ poo
The odd feeding behaviour may even help keep the young insects together in a primitive form of social living.
