Animals

Study shows that it’s not easy to fool a robin and, in most cases, future parent get rid of unwanted eggs from its nest.

Their organisms have many mechanisms to help regulate osmosis—for example, salt glands on their beaks secreting brine, which is then removed through the nostrils.

They feed on selected sponges species, such as Tethya actinia, Aaptos aaptos, or Spheciospongia vesparium. Thanks to their pointed beaks, extracting sponges is easy.

They are also present on some islands near Venezuela like Margarita or Trinidad and Tobago.

This organ stores sepia, produced by a nearby gland. Octopuses use sepia to disorient a predator while escaping. They then spray a thick, characteristic black stain.

In Poland and Russia, they are called Boża krówka, which translates to “godly little cow.” In certai ...

The young manatee is born with two vestigial incisors it loses as it matures. If the molars fall out, new teeth grow in their place.

Record is held by a male lizard (we do not know at what age it was obtained) that lived at the Copenhagen Zoo from 1892 until 1946.