Human AchievementsFormerly Captive Elephants Go Wild — And They're ThrivingA 5-year study of 11 formerly captive elephants in South Africa shows they adapted to wild life with minimal stress and near-identical behavior to their wild-born neighbors.
ScienceScientists Find 8 Universal Building Blocks in BirdsongA study analyzing 116,000 songs from 3,000+ species reveals all birdsong is built from just 8 fundamental sound types — a hidden acoustic grammar linking every songbird on Earth.
ScienceNew 'Ballista' Spider Builds Spring-Loaded Trap to Catch AntsDiscovered in North Queensland's rainforests, the newly described spider weaves a catapult-like silk web that flings a single ant species into the air before reeling it in.
