Rogues Gallery of Animal Pests. The Daily News has accumulated a list of 19 invasive species that have assailed our shores. Some were introduced intentionally in a misguided effort to control other pests. Others have ...

Evidence that First Butcher Worked Over 10,000 Years Ago. A juvenile mammoth carcass that is exceptionally well preserved has been uncovered in Siberia. The animals flesh, pink in color, and its reddish-blond thick fur ...

Larger Hoverflies Pretend to Sting Like a Bee. Hoverflies do not sting, but they can do a fair imitation of a stinging bee or wasp. Entomologists studying the hoverfly have noticed that there was a positive correlation ...

Crayfish and the Sweet Science of Deception. When male crayfish engage in fighting, deception seems to be part of the strategy for success. Larger but weaker claws can visually intimidate an opponent while the smaller ...

Adventurous By Nature? – For Honeybees It’s All in the Genes. Speculation that thrill seeking behavior in humans has a genetic component received a boost from a study showing that at least in honeybees, it’s all ...

Brown Bear Uses Rock as Tool. Tool use by animals is increasingly documented in the wild. New Scientist reports that a brown bear in Alaska’s Glacier National Park was seen using a paw-held rock to exfoliate molting ...

Oetzi’s Pedigree Fleshed Out. Oetzi, the 5,300 year old mummy who was found frozen mostly intact in the Alps in 1991, is the best preserved specimen of its kind ever discovered. Recently, Oetzi’s DNA has ...

How Tigers Get Their Stripes. 60 years ago, Alan Turing, a mathematical genius who some refer to as the father of computer theory, surmised a mechanism for the patterns seen in many living things. Spots on Dalmatians, ...