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Have you ever seen a diving beetle? They’re one of my favorite animals. They live underwater and breathe air from a bubble attached to their butts. I talked about all the ways animals breathe ...

A gelatinous sea creature could teach engineers a lesson or two. Nanomia bijuga, a marine animal related to jellyfish, swims via jet propulsion. A dozen or more squishy structures on its body pump ...

Sleeping underwater presents a serious challenge for animals that still need oxygen to survive. Different species have evolved specialized strategies that allow rest without fully losing awareness or ...

Can you tell a venomous aquatic creature from a non-venomous one? Test your knowledge of some of the world’s most dangerous underwater animals here. Most people, when asked, are able to name a few ...

One North American mole carries a nose so bizarre and sensitive it does something no other mammal can quite pull off, and it ...

'Green & Red', Highly Commended, Macro category: A juvenile puffer filefish against the perfect background: a pop art palette of prime colours... and a white dot.. Celebrating photography beneath the ...

The development of miniaturised electronic tags that can be attached to animals has been one of the most spectacular developments for biology, environmental science and wildlife conservation in the ...

Tracking units on the shell of a wood turtle. The tracking information these GPS units collect is used to understand how wood turtles move throughout the year. Image credit: Smithsonian's Movement of ...