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08-22-2025
Light pollution makes birds around the world sing longer each day
Cities do not sleep. Streetlights glow, billboards shimmer, and skies...
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2025/08/Primates-cold-climate.jpg
08-22-2025
Early primates evolved in cold climates, not tropical jungles
Sixty-six million years ago, North America saw long, dark winters....
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08-22-2025
The return of wolves revives trees that had not grown for 80 years
For decades, young quaking aspen struggled to grow beyond waist...
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08-22-2025
Island foxes evolved bigger brains to help them survive
For decades, biologists thought isolation on islands nudged animals toward...
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2025/08/Earth-species.jpg
08-22-2025
Just a few explosive lineages account for most species on Earth
A sweeping analysis of the “tree of life” finds that...
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08-21-2025
Bonobos have memory skills that were thought to be uniquely human
A series of hide-and-seek tests show that bonobos rely on...
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08-21-2025
Spectral bats lead social lives with hugs, play, and food sharing
In the depths of Costa Rica’s tropical forests, a surprising story...
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08-21-2025
Strange microbial bedfellows offer clues to how complex life evolved
Slimy layered microbial mats in Shark Bay are more than...
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2025/08/humpback-whales_bubble-net_feeding-strategy_1m.jpg
08-21-2025
Humpbacks are the only whales capable of using the 'bubble-net feeding' strategy
A new study reveals that among seven baleen whale species,...
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2025/08/Docodonta_Nujalikodon-cassiopeiae_new-species_credit-Pedro-Andrade_1m.jpg
08-21-2025
New docodontan species discovery fills in mammal evolution gaps
The roots of mammals stretch deep into Earth’s history. Long...
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