Ari Daniel
Stories
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These roaches form exclusive long-term relationships after eating each other's wings
Salganea taiwanensis, a kind of wood-feeding cockroach, may engage in what's known as pair bonding, a new study finds.
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Vaccinating bats could be good for people. But how do you vaccinate a bat?
In a new study, bats lap up vaccine-laced saline or chow down on vaccine-carrying mosquitoes. Will that have any impact on the flying mammal's immune system?
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Chimps' taste for fermented fruit hints at the origins of humans' love of alcohol
Scientists analyzed the urine of wild chimpanzees who'd feasted on fallen fruit to see how much alcohol they consumed from the fermented sugars.
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Teens are sleeping less than ever and screens aren't primarily to blame
Nearly a quarter of teens sleep 5 hours or less per night and the majority sleep less than 8 hours. The problem is pervasive and technology doesn't seem to be the main culprit, according to a new report.
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Humans' pull toward alcohol may have ancient origins (according to chimp pee)
Scientists learned that wild African chimpanzees consume alcohol by eating fermented fruit, suggesting that human attraction to alcohol may have ancient evolutionary origins.
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Peer pressure can make this clownfish change its stripes
Tomato clownfish, in response to an unpredictable world, appear capable of adjusting when they lose their stripes based on cues from other fish and their habitat, a new study in PLOS Biology finds.
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When a horse whinnies, there's more than meets the ear
A new study finds that horse whinnies are made of both a high and a low frequency, generated by different parts of the vocal tract. The two-tone sound may help horses convey more complex information.
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Under social pressure, young clownfish lose their stripes faster, study finds
Tomato clownfish appear to adjust the stripes on their bodies in response to social pressures, a new study finds.
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With horse whinnies, there's more than meets the ear
A horse's whinny is an unusually distinctive mix of sounds including both high and low frequencies, a new study in Current Biology shows.
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Scientists analyzed bottle residue from ancient Rome. They found human feces
Archeologists found evidence that ancient Romans may have used a medical treatment involving perfume... and human feces.
