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The article discusses Florida carpenter ants' unique behavior where they amputate injured nest mates' limbs to prevent infection, a practice observed for the first time in ants and resembling surgical intervention, showcasing their survival strategy and distinct social behaviors.

The article discusses how bull sharks ended up in a lake at an Australian golf course and survived for 17 years, revealing that they can adapt to low-salinity environments, offering insights into their unique adaptations and coexistence with humans.

The article focuses on a study that reveals the strategy of trumpetfish, which involves hiding behind larger fish to sneak up on their prey in coral reefs and sea grass beds, highlighting the uniqueness of this strategy compared to other coral reef residents.

The article focuses on a female sea otter in Santa Cruz, California, that has been causing trouble for surfers by stealing their surfboards and clinging onto them, prompting wildlife officials to take action to address the safety concerns and attempt to capture the otter.

The article focuses on kelp gulls that have been feeding on the skin and blubber of southern right whales, causing severe injuries and premature deaths of whale calves, with poorly managed landfills and fishing fleet waste contributing to the problem.

The article focuses on a study that reveals how northern elephant seals are able to sustain themselves on only two hours of sleep at sea. Topics include the seals' ability to sleep deep underwater to avoid predators, their unique bedtime routine during sleep, and their adaptation to limit sleep time while at sea to optimize food intake and reduce vulnerability to predators.

The article presents the discussion on Goblin sharks being deep-sea fish with frightening, protrusile jaws serving as an inspiration for the terrifying creatures. Topics include involving competing scientific narratives, a retraction and the possibility being all of the fuss over a children's plastic toy; and presenting the doubts about the Greek goblin shark's authenticity.

The article reports that Chileno Valley Newt Brigade volunteers are shepherding newts across a one mile stretch of Chileno Valley Road, a winding country road in the hills of Petaluma in U.S. to ensure newts gets a safe way to their rendezvous points.

The article reports that scientists to have doubts with the carcass of a colossal fish that had been found floating of Faial Island in Portugal's Azores archipelago in the MidAtlantic Ocean.

The article focuses on impact of fishing materials being used on North Atlantic right whales and marine mammal's population. Topics discussed include Seafood Watch put American lobster on red list because of the effect fishing for the species has on North Atlantic right whales; Whales can easily become entangled in ropes used to catch lobster, which can prevent them from reaching the surface to breathe; and comment of Caroline Good, a large whale ecologist on the impact of lobster fishing.

The article presents a study which found that that a tiny crustacean, Idotea balthica, played the role of pollinator for a species of seaweed, published in the journal "Science."

The article reports on a new study as of July 2022, in which scientists found that the true color of the bottom-dwelling fish named lumpfish is fluorescent green.

The article reports that a small group of paleontologists recently discovered 10 species of ancient mammals previously unknown to science. But they had an enormous number of helpers a t their dig site: thousands of tiny ants. The ancient mammals, described in a study published in May by the Rochester Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology, include a pocket mouse that weighed less than a light bulb, a rat·size relative of the mountain beaver and an ancestor of kangaroo rats.

The article reports on the French swimmer Benoit Lecomte swam over 300 rutical miles through the Great Pacific Garbage Patch to raise awareness about marine plastic pollution.

The article shows how Yakei, a nine-year old female Japanese macaque and the first known female troop leader in the history of Takasakiyama Natural Zoological Garden in Southern Japan, was able to maintain her supremacy during the November 2021-March 2022 breeding season.

The article reports that the mashing the patriarchy in the human world has been easier said that n done, and a 9-year-old female Japanese macaque in a reserve in southern Japan showed humans how it's done by violently overthrowing the alpha male of her troop to become its first female leader in the reserve's 70-year history.

The article presents the team or scientists working with the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute on an expedition off the coast of California to retrieve an ancient treasure from the side of an undersea mountain and the treasure wasn't a sunken ship it was the tusk of a mammoth.

The article focuses on many teeth allows these ambush predators to subdue everything from slippery squid to heavily armored crabs and how lingcod maintain the sharpness of their teeth has long been a mystery, but a new study claims that Pacific lingcod keep their teeth sharp.

The article reports on the efforts by public aquariums around the world to invest on research and development to enable deep-sea animals to be displayed at their aquariums. It cites the 2-year, 15-million dollar project of Monterey Bay Aquarium in California to create its "Into the Deep: Exploring Our Undiscovered Ocean" large-scale exhibition of deep-sea life. Also cited is the claim by California Academy of Sciences' Luiz Rocha that deep-sea fishes are hard to keep.

The article reports on a study published in "Ecology," which showed that several species of milkweed butterfly are harassing and killing milkweed caterpillars, possibly to get the toxic alkaloids inside the larvae.

The article reports on the study findings, published in June 2021 in the journal "Current Biology," which show that North Atlantic right whales are significantly smaller than earlier generations of their species, citing that human-induced stressors, primarily entanglements, are stunting the growth of North Atlantic right whales.

The article discusses Sayaka Mitoh, a Ph.D. candidate at Nara Women's University in Japan, raised sea slugs, an Elysia marginata, had somehow been decapitated; and conducted experiments aimed at figuring out how and why some sea slugs guillotine themselves.

The article discusses an average height of roughly 16 feet, giraffes have the tallest mammals on Earth.

The article discusses scientists learned ghost sharks have venomous spines in front of dorsal fins, "fly" for the water by flapping pectoral fins and have a retractable sex organ on foreheads.

The article reports that rescuers cut away thousands of pounds of fishing gear while saving an entangled humpback whale near the entrance of New York Harbor.

The article reports on difficulty faced by Nico Jacobs, founder of nonprofit Rhino 911, after lockdown announced in South Africa and mentions that Jacobs had to respond to rhino poaching incidents.

The article reports that horde of money living in Phra Prang Sam Yot monkey temple in Thailand fed by tourists visiting are finding food scarcity due to coronavirus and mentions danger faced by deer who are protected under law of Japan.

The article offers information related to the efforts of group of snorkelers in New Caledonia to add valuable research data from their dives to contribute to the science.

The article discusses that the male kalutas, small mouselike marsupials, dies after mating, found in the a rid regions of Northwestern Australia.

The article focuses on a study which found a 93% increase in the population of the endangered small migratory shorebird, piping plover, that nests in Fire Island, off the southern coast of Long Island, New York after the island was heavily damaged by Hurricane Sandy in October 2012.

The article offers new briefs on findings and events, including the link between plants and their protective effects on cats, the discovery of commodity money in the form of rings, ribs and blades by researchers in the Netherlands, and the discovery by an international team of scientists that the dire wolf has a separate genus.

The article focuses on stories from world on how graduates students, professors and others in sciences are coping with effect of coronavirus including study of human stem cells by Lauren Boller, closure of Natural History Museum of Los Angeles and pending study of firefighters.