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Wasp sitting atop spider silk

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Wasps stitch up spiders in silk nests where they are eaten alive

Zoologger is our weekly column highlighting extraordinary animals 鈥� and occasionally other organisms 鈥� from around the world

Mass of bees extending down from branch

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Giant honeybees may act like a collective lung to beat the heat

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America’s last mammoths died of thirst on an Alaskan island

A Pheidole drogon minor worker

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Spiky new ant species is named after Game of Thrones dragons

Chimps engage with experiment

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Well-travelled chimps more likely to pick up tools and innovate

hummingbird

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Hummingbirds鈥� unique way of seeing prevents them from crashing

ape

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When is an animal a person? Neuroscience tries to set the rules

A kitten sat in a veterinary surgery in front of a tray of various medicines and equipment

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Stop vets offering homeopathy 鈥� placebo doesn鈥檛 work for pets

Hive from outside

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Listen to secrets of a honeybee hive in Kew鈥檚 latest sculpture

Two budgies sit on a branch facing one another

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Budgies use grammar to find meaning in unfamiliar phrases

Humans aren鈥檛 the only grammar pedants. When played new songs, budgerigars use the underlying structure to work out what they mean

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Wearable device for racehorses could help prevent fatal injuries

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Human flesh found in stomach of bear shot after fatal attacks

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Making squirrels count and other dumb animal intelligence tests

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This is Your Brain on Parasites: strong stories, shaky science