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Category Archives: Animals

Can poisoned mice bombs save Guam?

February 26, 2013by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

Imagine you live on a small island with a diverse but delicate ecosystem. Now imagine that a non-native predator, say, a brown tree snake, makes its way to your shores […]

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Animals, Science News, Uncategorized

Sea turtle gets new limbs

February 25, 2013by Lindsey Reiser 1 Comment

It seems the world of prosthetics is continually taking remarkable leaps and bounds when it comes to helping people who’ve lost a leg walk again, or crafting a new arm […]

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Animals, Medicine, Science News, Technology

‘Super mega-pod’ of dolphins

February 20, 2013by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

The coast of San Diego got about 100,000 new visitors last week, though they won’t be checking out the famous zoo. Capt. Joe Dutra of sightseeing company Hornblower Cruises and […]

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Animals, Behavior, Science News

Mirror mirror in the trees, is that a leopard that I see?

February 20, 2013by Lindsey Reiser 1 Comment

We use mirrors to fix our hair and make sure we don’t change lanes into another car on the highway. Some people use them to measure cats’ intelligence. As exhibited […]

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Animals, Behavior

Greening the Shedd

February 19, 2013by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

It’s easy enough for we normal folk to buy LED lights, re-seal our windows or use the cold cycle in the wash to save some energy. But how do you […]

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Animals, Our Environment, Science in Chicago, Science News, Technology

Spiders filmed climbing through the sky

February 13, 2013by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

If you don’t like spiders, don’t watch this video, because it is truly terrifying for arachnophobes. A man in Brazil filmed thousands of spiders seemingly skittering across the sky. They’re […]

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Animals, Science News, Uncategorized, Weird Science

Your dog is smarter (and sneakier) than you think

February 12, 2013by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

You might think your dog steals food off the table just to get your goat, but mostly it’s just because they love eating. But did you know that many dogs […]

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Animals, Behavior, Science News

What you can learn from pig poop

February 12, 2013by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

Yes, it’s gross, but any doctor or scientist will tell you that you can learn a lot from poop. What you eat, how much of it, whether you have an […]

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Animals, Health, Nutrition, Science News

How salmon find their way home

February 8, 2013by Lindsey Reiser 1 Comment

First pigeons, now sockeye salmon. It seems more animals are using cues radiating from the earth to navigate. While homing pigeons are now thought to use infrared sound waves to […]

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Animals, Science News

I’d like to introduce you to the rat people

February 8, 2013by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

It’s us! Don’t worry, we’re not alone. Our entire clade is made up of rat-hamsters, rat-porpoises, rat-antelope and many, many more. That’s because we, the placentals, owe our ancestry to […]

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Animals, Natural History, Science News

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