California or the Yukon? You can use DNA from a single feather to find out where a migrating bird hails from, and where it stops along the way (I wrote a story about this for Living Bird Magazine).
Wilson's Warbler, the star of this study. Drawn in 2008 for Acadia Birding Festival.
Two gulls chasing each other this morning, fighting over a quahog. First they almost collide with my head, then they drop the clam on me.
Giraffes have a relative called Sivatherium giganteum, which happens to be extinct. It wasn't as tall but apparently it was massive. Wanting to know just how massive, researchers did a 3D skeletal reconstruction and calculated an estimate of its mass.
Read MoreSilver Y moths are named for a silvery squiggle that adorns each forewing, like a handwritten y. Twice a year these moths (and a lot of songbirds) migrate over Europe while researchers track them with radar. But how do they deal with the wind?
Read MoreThese are Red Giant Flying Squirrels, and guess what, breaking news! Researchers in the Indian Himalayan rainforest have been watching them glide. Yep, watching nocturnal squirrels glide, in the dark, with night vision binoculars. Why? you ask.
Read MoreAbby McBride
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Top photo credit: Otto Whitehead
