After some scary population downturns and scarier rumors of bee populations crashing, honeybees are making a comeback, populationally speaking.^1,2 After a year of devastatingly bad news,³ bounce-back statistics on honeybee populations are now making for sweet news.

Dolphins—like other cetaceans such as whales, wholphins, and porpoises—are highly intelligent marine mammals, capable of astonishing feats. A recent University of Leeds study, led by Sonja Wild, adds to what we humans have learned about what and how dolphins learn.^1,2

Dolphins catch fish as prey by a mix of programmed instincts and learning.^3,4

Wandering albatrosses have the largest wingspan of any living bird, so they live much of life soaring above the oceans. With their wings—and a lot of winds—it is no wonder that their use of wind-power would be studied by scientists, as a recent report illustrates.^1,2 And, because albatross males are bigger, they need more wind.

A pair of new studies found that some dinosaurs, and possibly some marine reptiles, laid squishy eggs.

A study led by Oxford University researchers was recently published confirming that Neanderthals and humans were very genetically similar and interfertile.