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The long quest to identify human pheromones and the smell of attraction, aggression and fear
Perri Thaler • February 13, 2025
Insects, fish and even some mammals use pheromones as behavior signals. If researchers can prove humans do, too, exciting new therapies might follow
Gwendolyn Rak • August 7, 2023
Meet Joe Hollins, the recently retired veterinarian who cared for a record-breaking 190-year-old tortoise named Jonathan in his remote island home
Niranjana Rajalakshmi • August 26, 2022
Decades after the last Indian cheetah was killed, 36 will soon be imported from Africa. Conservationists aren’t sure it will work
Tatum McConnell • February 3, 2022
People across New York City care for tens of thousands of feral cats while also working to reduce their population
Delger Erdenesanaa • August 18, 2021
Under pandemic lockdown, those lucky enough to stay home got a taste of pets’ confinement
Huanjia Zhang • July 2, 2021
A Florida captain’s creative solution to the global problem of marine debris: Let’s rodeo
Julie Levy • June 16, 2021
Growing public awareness and engagement have played a part in the birds’ recovery, experts say
Casey Crownhart • March 17, 2021
A squid robot is among the latest to take to the seas
Jackie Appel • March 3, 2021
About 10 vaquitas are left on the planet, but a new study confirms fishing nets pose a much bigger extinction threat than inbreeding
Casey Crownhart • January 25, 2021
The popular weed killer could impair honeybees’ immune systems, leaving them vulnerable to infections
Casey Crownhart • December 30, 2020
Watching for resident and migratory birds has provided people an outlet during the COVID-19 shutdowns
Lauren Leffer • November 19, 2020
You’ve heard of the fly on the wall, but what about the crow in the city?
Jonathan Moens • August 13, 2020
Clean waters have attracted large marine mammals to feed on a rising source of plankton and fish
Curtis Segarra • May 22, 2020
Wildlife-police raids and customs inspections are trying to halt this highly invasive species
Taylor White • April 21, 2020
Machine learning may boost disease hunting, but not everyone’s convinced