Little auks slurp like fish
They eat almost 60,000 prey in a day. And can store over 4,000 in their food pouch at one time.
When predator turns prey
In a bizarre interaction between a frog and an insect, it’s the frog that ends up as food.
More new species from India
Two new species of lizards skitter to light.
Caterpillar vs. Beetle: Who wins?
Watch this caterpillar fling its beetle attacker through the air.
Why do fan-throated lizards come in such variety?
The answer goes back millions of years when monsoons clouded over Asia
Inside the secret world of bamboo-breeding frogs
These frogs breed hidden in bamboos and they are – wait for it – cannibals
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
Scorpion fine-tunes its venom to ward off predators
Australian rainforest scorpion can tweak its venom chemistry in response to increased predator presence
Monkey mom eats mummified baby
First-time mother grooms her dead baby for weeks before gnawing on its dry flesh.
Cracking the mystery of not cracking the eggshell
A cuckoo that builds its own nest has the means to keep its eggs from breaking before it is time.
Tadpoles piggyback on strangers to avoid getting eaten — by siblings
When frog fathers go missing, their young are in grave danger. To escape the deadly jaws of their own siblings, these young turn to strangers.
Female dragonflies drop dead to avoid males
It’s their way of rejecting unrequited love.
The strange origins of alcohol intake
Our alcoholic propensities may be rooted in our fruit-eating ancestors.
When life gives you ice, break through it
A video I made of a swan pulling its weight in ice.
Wasp turns host into a self-sacrificing zombie
Meet the head-borer wasp that eats its way out into the world through another wasp’s head.
