A Cognitive Revolution in Animal Research
Animal ‘personalities’ are forcing scientists to rethink basic research.
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Matt Chase / The Atlantic; source: Getty Evolution Didn’t Wire Us for Eight Hours of Sleep
Chimps sleep nine hours a night. Cotton-top tamarins sleep about 13. What happened to humans?
Stephan Raats / Alamy A Classic Test of Animals’ Minds Has a Fish Problem
An intelligent fish has stirred up a debate about how to measure self-awareness among animals—and what self-awareness even is in the first place.
Simon Gingins / Courtesy of Quanta The Case for Treating Climate Change Like a Joke
Studies have shown that when it comes to relaying scientific messages, satire can be more effective than sincerity.
Volodymyr Goinyk / Shutterstock / Arsh Raziuddin / The Atlantic Baleen Holds Secrets to Whales’ Lives—and Deaths
A new forensic tool could help scientists figure out what kills the animals.
New England Aquarium The Bloody Pirate Life of One of the Ocean’s Most Elusive Creatures
A rare sighting hints that giant squid use a devious technique to get food.
Javier Carrascosa The Lonely Lives of Dolphin Lice
Crustacean parasites are common on whales, but how they survive on smaller, speedier ocean animals is a mystery.
Andrew Peacock / National Park Service The Mystery of Off-The-Grid Whale Moms
Some right whales disappear for years, only to reemerge in strange places with a baby.
Christin Khan / NEFSC / NOAA Who's Peeing in the Global Pool?
A giant database of the underwater excretions of fish, frogs, and other creatures could help scientists understand the effects of fishing and climate change.
Ian Wade Photography / Getty Under the Sea in a Ragworm's Garden
A leggy marine creature may be a one-of-a-kind underwater planter.
Courtesy of Jim Van Belzen
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