Animals.

This frog raised its young in its stomach

An Australian species has turned a digestive organ into a shelter for its offspring.

The "vampire of hell" had a regime much less terrifying than expected

Researchers have discovered that this inhabitant of the depths collects mostly debris.

This mole explores the world with a star at the tip of her nose

Twenty-two appendages turn a strange muzzle into a precision instrument.

They were looking for shells... they found worms that ate bones

A whale carcass revealed an unexpected feeding pattern.

This little worm drops bombs... shining instead of exploding

In the depths, bright pockets are detached from the body of a worm.

His eyes are not what you think.

The Macropinna fish has long hidden the mobility of its eyes from researchers.

This little sea monster who lives in a bubble of mucus to digest its prey

The researchers used lasers to understand an extremely fragile living filter.

Pacific California

This harp does not play music: it captures crustaceans

A sponge of great depths turns its branches into traps.

Eastern Pacific

This squid has two eyes... that don't look the same

A large eye facing up and a small one facing down share the hunt.

North Pacific Monterey Canyon

This large bag attached to the rock can close its mouth on a prey

A deep tunicate doesn’t just feed like its filtering cousins.

Pacific Ocean

This small gelatinous balloon is actually a worm

Poeobius floats away from the bottom and collects matter that comes down from the surface.

Pacific Northeast

This gelatinous animal fishes with luminous lures

Erenna sirena attracts fish to her tentacles.

Tropical and temperate waters

This Crustacean Turns His Meal Into a House

Phronima digs a gelatinous animal, then keeps its envelope.

Oceans full water

This almost transparent crustacean still has huge eyes.

Cystisoma combines camouflage and vision in the darkness of the ocean.

Oceans great depths

This jellyfish unrolls four ribbons that can exceed ten meters

The giant ghost jellyfish remains difficult to observe despite its size.

Indonesia

This Octopus Takes Its Shelter Before It Needs It

Coconut shells become transportable tools.

Oceans surface waters

This octopus makes its “shell” with its arms

Female argonaute produces an envelope that is also used for its buoyancy.

Pacific Northeast

This marine slug was first nicknamed “mystery mollusk”

A water animal has long resisted its classification.

Pacific Northeast

This squid can give up a piece of arm that keeps shining

Octopoteuthis uses luminous ends to divert the danger.

Oceans full water

This worm swims while rowing with his whole body

Tomopteris combines ripple and synchronized appendages.

Oceans Deep Seas

This Marine “Spider” Takes His Meal With a Trunk

Giant pycnogonids do not weave a web to hunt.

Oceans Abyssal Plains

This "sea pig" sometimes carries a small crab

An observed association remains difficult to fully explain.

Oceans full water

Some transparent squid can be filled with ink

Cranchiids have several ways to change their visibility.

United States Nevada

The natural habitat of this fish lies in a single cave

Cyprinodon diabolis depends on warm water in the middle of the desert.

United States Great Smoky Mountains

These fireflies make the forest blink at almost the same rate

Photinus carolinus coordinates its light flashes during reproduction.

Oceans great depths

This squid spreads long filaments as if it had elbows

Magnapinna remains difficult to study despite spectacular images.

North Pacific

His red belly hides the light of his meal

The Lampocteis ctenophore avoids being illuminated from the inside.

Eastern Pacific hydrothermal sources

This giant worm depends on bacteria for food

Riftia lives around hydrothermal sources on the ocean floor.

Pacific hydrothermal vents

This worm lives on a hydrothermal fireplace

Alvinella lives in contact with strong temperature differences.

North Pacific

This anemone can roll on the bottom

Liponema changes shape and lets itself be moved by the currents.

Oceans depths

This jellyfish triggers a light that looks like an alarm

Atolla can produce blue splinters when threatened.

Oceans deep waters

This ogre-looking fish measures less than you think

Anoplogaster cornuta doesn’t have to be giant to look impressive.

Oceans seabed

This Fish Spots Hidden Prey With Their Electrical Signals

The chimeras of the genus Hydrolagus explore the background with several senses.

Atlantic and Pacific abyss

This fish of the abyss is nicknamed "nose swimmer"

Spectrunculus uses large olfactory organs to find its meal.

Oceans full water

The seven-armed octopus actually has eight.

In the male Haliphron, a specialized arm can remain hidden.

This beetle uses the Milky Way to save its meal

Scarabaeus satyrus uses a light far more distant than its destination.

In reindeer, a hidden mirror turns blue in winter

The color change occurs behind the retina.

The ice fish has lost what makes our blood red

Channichthyidae live without hemoglobin, but always with oxygen.

These penguins sleep for a few seconds... and start over a thousand times.

The penguin to jugular fragments its sleep during reproduction.

The frigate can sleep without interrupting her flight.

Electrodes revealed an almost invisible rest over the ocean.

The monarch makes a journey that several generations share.

The migratory cycle in eastern North America is more than one life.

A tag followed the eel to his long-invisible appointment

Since the Azores, European eels have reached the Sargasso Sea.

The gecko holds to the wall thanks to almost invisible hairs

His fingers can also rearrange their supports when the surface changes.

The platypus closes its eyes to hunt... its beak takes over

Under water, its beak detects more than just contacts.

The narwhal’s “horn” hides an anatomical surprise

This long spiral comes out of his jaw: it is a tooth.

The lazy man's coat harbors a world that does not hold in place

Algae and small butterflies share this living support.

Myxin turns water into an obstacle with almost nothing

Its mucus also works thanks to long protein fibers.

In the manatee, the molars advance as on a treadmill

New teeth appear in the back all his life.

The archer fish adjusts its jet before it hits its target

Water is concentrated close to impact, even when the distance changes.

This parrotfish spends the night in a cocoon of mucus

In Chlorurus sordidus, this envelope reduces certain parasitic attacks.

This Crab Splits an Anemone to Find Two

At Lybia leptochelis, each clamp can carry a living partner.

Bomber beetle hides a valve in its abdomen

His defensive jet starts in pulsations regulated by pressure.

These cockatoos carry two tools before they even start

Goffin cockatoos adapted their equipment to the task.

A lyre bird can make a crowd hear that is not there

The superb male menure imitates the alarms of several species.

In the hippocampus, the father does not only carry the eggs

His pocket participates in the exchanges necessary for the development of the little ones.

This shrimp snaps a bubble... that even produces light

The spectacular noise doesn’t just come from the shock of its two clamps.

This snail was exposed as dead... until it started moving again.

An old museum chronicle tells of an awakening almost four years after the showcase.

Why do these otters float while holding their paws?

A group at rest can take on the look of a small living raft.

To reach food, these octopuses sometimes had to stop shooting.

An L-shaped box turned a meal into a manipulation problem.

In a herd, not all neighbors count in the same way

The links between cows have been studied beyond the pretty formula of “best friends”.

These crows found a nutcracker passing through the street

Detailed observations show how birds use the passage of cars.

These ants leave a trace that slows down their small "herd"

The relationship with aphids is not just about harvesting a sweet substance.

These ants are robbing young... who will grow up in another colony.

Social parasitism can go through raids against the brood of a neighboring species.

Why Do Some Octopus Mothers Stop Eating?

Their end of life after reproduction reveals the surprising role of glands located near the eyes.

To understand the methane of cows, you have to look at the side of the burps

The formula on cow farts forgets much of the mechanism.

This tiny bird lives at full speed... then slows down to spend the night

The spectacular flapping of the wings tells only half of his strategy.

This elephant saw a mark in the mirror... and touched her own head

A trompe gesture made an experiment on self-recognition famous.

Can a fish use its reflection to spot a mark on it?

The labre cleanseur forces researchers to think about what a mirror measures.

This jellyfish was swimming long before the first dinosaurs

A very fragile body has left a trace in a rock about 505 million years old.

Where does this starfish hide its eyes?

To find them, you have to look at the ends of his arms.

An ant breathes... without having lungs

Oxygen borrows small openings that are not noticed at this scale.

This fungus changes the behavior of an ant... without invading its brain

The term “zombie ant” hides an even stranger biological interaction than its nickname.

The shell of this turtle helps it survive without oxygen

It also serves as a chemical reserve during a long wait for the cold.

The periophthalm: this fish that comes out of the water and “walks”

How does the periophthalm breathe out of the water? Discover this amphibious fish that moves on the vase, provided you stay wet.

Experimental research

These rats emit something that sounds like a laugh...inaudible to us

To study their reaction to the game, researchers need to listen beyond our ears.

Evolution of vertebrates

Why is the crocodile closer to birds than lizards?

Crocodiles and birds are close relatives: discover why their common ancestor tells a story other than their appearances.

Africa

Did you know that your neck and that of a giraffe have something unexpected in common?

The length suggests a difference in number. The skeleton has another answer.

United Kingdom Bristol Experience

How can a spider take off without wings or wind?

Silk threads, an electric field... and the animal leaves its support.

Marine environments

What do the extraordinary eyes of the mantle shrimp see?

Counting her receivers is not enough to imagine the world she perceives.

United Kingdom

What if these goats had taken the accent of their friends?

Their cries do not depend only on their birth: their surroundings also seem to leave an imprint.

Scotland

How to call a dolphin... without giving it a first name?

Under water, some whistles allow to address a particular individual.

United States

Does this crow recognize you... or does it recognize your mask?

Two artificial faces allowed the researchers to distinguish memory and simple reaction to an expression.

Oceans

Did the ancestors of sharks swim before the first forests?

Their lineage goes through a dizzying time, but the sharks of today have not remained frozen in the past.

Mexico

This animal can make a new paw... why can’t we imitate it?

The axolotl does not just close an injury: it can rebuild complex structures.

International research

A new head can grow back... but not in all these worms

A comparison between species makes the famous power of the planar even more interesting.

Oxford, United Kingdom

We take away the right tool... this crow makes another one

At the bottom of a tube, a reward remains inaccessible with a straight wire. Betty is changing the problem.

Venezuela

Who gives their “first name” to small parrots?

To separate learning from heredity, the researchers exchanged eggs between nests.

Tropical reefs

In this fish, becoming female can be part of adult life

Behind its familiar colors, the clownfish has a surprising reproductive cycle.

Did you know that this jellyfish can come back to childhood?

Its amazing power is not to resist everything: it is to change the course of its development.

Why are wombat droppings cubic?

The riddle of wombat droppings leads to an unexpected factory: its intestine.

How did a dog become the postman?

In Albany, a four-legged regular becomes the companion of itinerant postal workers.

Where does this frog hide its blood to become transparent?

To become more transparent at rest, this frog changes the circulation of its red blood cells.

Her heart stops in winter... how does this frog survive?

The Wood Frog is going through a state that many other animals would not survive.

Did you know that sharks can live for centuries?

In the cold waters, the Greenland shark blurs our idea of a long life.

Did you know that an octopus has three hearts?

The circulatory system of the octopus divides the work between several pumps.

These bumblebees are rolling balls... are they playing?

In an experiment, insects choose to handle objects without food reward.

Florida, USA; laboratory study

These ants amputate a leg... depending on where it is injured

In a Florida ant, the observed care varies depending on the location of the injury.

Queensland, Australia

This bird disposes its objects to change the perspective

The males of the large gardener place the small objects near the observation point of the female.

Off the coast of Japan

This little fish traces a two-meter circle in the sand

A Japanese pufferfish constructs a geometric structure much larger than its body.

Marine environments

This crab carries pieces of its environment on its back

Algae, sponges and sometimes anemones become the camouflage of some decorative crabs.

Southeast Alaska, United States

These whales model their net... with bubbles

Humpback whales adjust bubble networks to concentrate the krill.

North American Atlantic Coast

This Slug Keeps Solar Plants From Its Meal

Elysia chlorotica retains algae chloroplasts capable of continuing their photosynthesis.

Japan; laboratory observations

The head of this slug can rebuild a body

Marine slugs were observed after a dramatic separation between their head and body.

Suaq Balimbing, Sumatra, Indonesia

This orangutan applied a plant to his wound

Rakus was observed using a liana directly on a wound in the face.

Laboratory study; African naked mole rat

Deprived of oxygen, this mole rat changes fuel

In the laboratory, the naked mole rat uses an unusual metabolic pathway when oxygen is lacking.

Samburu and Amboseli, Kenya

These elephants make calls to an individual.

Broadcast recordings and tests support the existence of individualized calls.

Zambia

In this bird, the imitation of eggs passes from mother to daughter

Anomalospize lines can mimic the eggs of several host species.

Farne Islands, United Kingdom; Antarctica

This tern has traveled an estimated 96,000 kilometers

A followed tern connected the United Kingdom to Antarctica.

Colonies of Flamingos

These flamingos pale by feeding their little ones

By feeding their young, the flamingos can fade.

Panama: Study in Captivity

These bats start grooming before sharing a meal

Common vampires gradually form food-sharing relationships.

Study in aquarium

This cuttlefish also changes the relief of its skin

The camouflage of the cuttlefish combines color with three-dimensional surface modifications.

Vanderbilt University, USA; experiences

This Electric Eel Lifts Up to Strengthen Its Discharge

Experiments show an electrical defense directed at a partially submerged conductive object.

Kobe University, Japan

Swallowed by a frog, this beetle can come out alive

An aquatic insect survived an unusual crossing observed in the laboratory.

Coastlines; control laboratories

Blue blood from the slime was used to secure medical products

A reaction of limule blood to bacterial toxins is used in control tests.

University of Michigan, USA

These wereps distinguish their companions from their faces

Fuscatus polists learn particularly well the faces of wasps of his species.

Study of experimental colonies

Young bees learn to dance better by looking at old ones

The social experience improves the precision of the dance that indicates a food resource.