Jessica Tucker

Quick Take A quirk of the last ice age may have accidentally split one leopard population into something genetically unrecognizable, and scientists are only now untangling how it happened.

Quick Take Zombie worms eat whale bones without a mouth, stomach, or gut, and the method they use to do so is stranger than you'd expect.

Quick Take Everything scientists thought they knew about raptor territory just got overturned by one of the smallest birds of prey on Earth.

Bison rutting season is just around the corner. Visitors to Yellowstone need to practice care when observing them to remain safe.

Quick Take Zoo Knoxville sat on this news for an entire month before telling anyone, and there is a good reason why they waited.

Quick Take The HOA announced a cull of around 200 geese, but the USDA ended up killing more than twice that number. How did that happen?

Quick Take A strict bear hierarchy controls who catches the most salmon at Brooks Falls, and the difference between a top-ranked bear and a newcomer is dramatic.

Quick Take That gravel at the bottom of your tank is running a biological process most fish owners have never heard of. Without it, your fish are in trouble.

Quick Take A 2,000-year-old scholar is responsible for one of nature's most stubborn myths, and his mistake reveals something surprising about how scientific misinformation spreads.

Quick Take Mayflies emerge overnight in the millions, and the biology behind that timing is stranger than it looks.