Dolphins Give Each Other Individual Names and Respond Only to Their Own
Bottlenose dolphins develop unique signature whistles that function as personal names — and they call each other by th…
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Animals
The astonishing capabilities and behaviors of creatures great and small
11 Amazing Stories
Sea Otters Hold Hands While Sleeping So They Don't Drift Apart in Ocean Currents
Sea otters sleep floating on their backs and hold each other's paws so the group stays together overnight. Mothers wrap …
Elephants Are the Only Non-Human Animals That Hold Formal Mourning Rituals for the Dead
Elephants gather around the bones of dead family members, gently touch them with their trunks, and sometimes return to t…
Humpback Whales Around the World All Adopted the Same New Song in Under 2 Years
Humpback whale songs spread across entire ocean basins like viral pop songs. A new tune that emerges off Australia can b…
The Mantis Shrimp Sees 16 Color Channels — Humans Can Only See 3
The mantis shrimp has the most complex eyes in the animal kingdom — with 16 types of color receptors compared to our 3…
Crows Can Recognize Human Faces and Hold Grudges for Years Against Specific People
University of Washington researchers proved that crows can identify individual human faces and remember threatening beha…
Octopuses Have Three Hearts, Blue Blood, and Can Taste Everything They Touch
Octopuses have three hearts, blue copper-based blood, can taste through their skin, and have nine brains — one central…
A Pistol Shrimp's Claw Snap Creates a Shockwave Briefly Hotter Than the Sun's Surface
When a pistol shrimp snaps its specialized claw, the cavitation bubble it creates collapses with a flash of light and te…
Spinosaurus Aegyptiacus: A 50-Foot, 20,000-Pound Predator
Spinosaurus aegyptiacus was the largest known carnivorous dinosaur, weighing around 20,000 pounds. This giant predator d…
Dogs Can Smell Cancer, Low Blood Sugar, and PTSD Episodes Before Humans Even Know
Trained dogs can detect cancer cells, oncoming epileptic seizures, and PTSD episodes by smell alone — sometimes hours …
A Parrot Understood the Concept of Zero — A Mathematical Idea Humans Took Millennia to Grasp
Alex the African Grey parrot, trained by Dr. Irene Pepperberg, demonstrated understanding of zero — a concept humans t…