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A glowing red springhare

Olson et al 2021 under CC BY 4.0

Meet the springhare: the first glow-in-the-dark African mammal known to science

Researchers discovered the springhare's fluorescent abilities entirely by accident

This worm has too many butts

Researchers have identified how its internal anatomy adapts as its butts branch off

Animals that eat rotting meat have unique gut microbiomes

Novel arrays of bacteria that can degrade toxins were found in a survey of wild animal gut microbiomes

Scientists find the first known nursery for the Munk's devil ray

By tracking rays across the eastern Pacific, researchers spied the growth and development of this less common ray species

PFAS chemicals reach remote oceans and accumulate in whales, dolphins, and other ocean life

Scientists studying the 'forever chemicals' say this trend is concerning

Your antidepressants could affect color-changing shrimp

The jury is still out for the shrimp, but our medications do affect water-dwelling wildlife

A version of this article originally appeared on Undark

In the future, lab animals will live in computer chips, not cages

One lab's rodent surgeon thinks there are better ways to model human disease

Sexual rivalries are how you evolve antlers, pincers, and tusks

Male-male competition makes animals "horny" as well

Drones are better than tissue samples for measuring humpback whale body conditions

The two metrics perform similarly for much of the year, but aerial images capture changes during the breeding season where tissue samples do not

Produced in partnership with NPR Scicommers

Don't feed the bears. It shortens their telomeres

Bears that get food from humans hibernate less, which has molecular repercussions

Horses lose four of their toes in the womb

About four weeks after conception, horse embryos still have five toes, just like humans