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zoology

To make fishing sustainable, we need to track fish as they move around the world

Wealthier nations have extensive telemetry networks, but the majority of worldwide fish catch goes untracked

Feral cats' hunting abilities make them particularly effective predators, even when prey see them

Prey can spot cats more often than other similar predators, but that doesn't save them

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

Whale sharks' huge bodies mean they've never really been cold-blooded

Studying these enormous animals requires close collaboration between scientists and aquariums

Female capybaras control their own mating destinies

New research shows that they are more choosy about which males they mate with than previously thought

Tiger King exposed the dark side of for-profit zoos, but people have not gotten the message

The reason you say, "awwww" when you see a puppy is the same reason it is so difficult to convince people that baby tiger petting is wrong

Produced in partnership with NPR Scicommers

The secret code of sea shells

What drives artistically illiterate clams and snails to craft such perfection?

Why is this huge group of deep sea octopus moms suffocating?

Year after year, stressed out broods of octopuses kept appearing. Biologists started getting curious

Animals feel a 'landscape of fear' – just like humans

Afraid of lions by moonlight and raptors by day, animals will behave in dramatic ways