Meet the spiders that look and smell like bird poop: A strange trick for survival and hunting

Two new species of bird-dropping spiders, Phrynarachne gorochovi and Phrynarachne storozhenkoi, have been discovered in the ...

Which Animal Is Known As The Architect Of The Animal World?

Discover why the beaver is called the Architect of the Animal World. Learn how these master builders use dams to flood ...
Science Daily

After 25 years, scientists solve the bird-eating bat mystery

After decades of mystery, scientists have finally proven that Europe’s largest bat, the greater noctule, hunts and eats small songbirds mid-air—more than a kilometer above ground. Using tiny ...
The Courier-Journal

Here's how to keep squirrels out of a bird feeder and from eating your pumpkins

To keep squirrels out of bird feeders, using bird seed coated in hot pepper oil is an effective solution. When using pepper-treated seed, wear gloves and avoid making your own mixture to prevent ...
IFLScience

What Looks And Smells Like Bird Poop? These Stinky Little Spiders That Don’t Want To Be ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...
Cosmopolitan

The Science Behind the “Bird Theory”

We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we love. Promise. I shouldn’t get the secondhand anxiety that I do from the videos. But every time an expectant ...
Miami Herald

Creatures that look and smell like bird poop are new species from Southeast Asia

Two new species of bird-dropping crab spiders have been discovered in Malaysia and the Philippines, according to a study. Polina Koroleva Unsplash A scientist has discovered two new species of crab ...