Lessons a Chicago aquarium learned from successfully rearing a warty frogfish Staff at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium have reared a special kind of fish known as a warty frogfish for the first time in captivity. Their success may hold broader lessons for raising marine species. Ari Daniel
Scientists watch sperm whales work as a team to assist a birth An unprecedented look at the birth of a sperm whale found that mother and calf were supported by other whales throughout the process. Nathan Rott
Whale birth takes a village — or, pod Scientists got a rare look at the birth of a sperm whale and found that it took a group effort. Nathan Rott
Against all odds, this aquarium has reared a very special kind of fish in captivity Staff at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium have reared a special kind of fish known as a warty frogfish for the first time in captivity. Their success may hold broader lessons for raising marine species. Ari Daniel
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. Ari Daniel
Bringing marine life back to South Florida's 'forgotten edge' Seawalls are great at protecting property and people. A new nature-inspired seawall add-on is trying to make them better at protecting marine wildlife too. Nathan Rott
Texas's state animals, armadillos, are making North Carolina their home Armadillos are making North Carolina their home. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with wildlife biologist Colleen Olfenbuttel about how Texas' state mammal has gotten a foothold in the Tar Heel State. Ryan Benk
High up in an old-growth redwood, a condor couple appears to be tending to an egg Scientists say a pair of condors are likely tending to an egg high up in a California redwood — the first time that's happened there in more than a century. A Yurok wildlife official gives an update. Scott Detrow
Move over, goat yoga — in Portland, Ore., you can do snake yoga You've heard of puppy yoga, and goat yoga, and maybe even reindeer yoga... but what about yoga with a bunch of pythons and one baby Colombian common boa named Mango? Deena Prichep
Punch the macaque, an internet sensation, is making strides in monkey society Punch, a Japanese macaque, stole the hearts of millions after he was abandoned by his mom and rejected by some of his peers. Now, things are looking up for him. Christopher Intagliata