2025/05/bone-collecting-caterpillar_carnivorous_credit-UHawaii_1.jpg
05-29-2025
Biologists discover "bone-collecting" caterpillar species that uses dead bugs as camouflage and lives with spiders
Most moths and butterflies eat plants when they’re caterpillars. Well,...
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05-29-2025
Young hawk uses city traffic to sneak up on its prey
Early on winter mornings in 2021, commuters waiting at a...
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2025/05/Cats-can-tell-different-people-apart-just-by-sniffing-them.jpg
05-29-2025
Cats can tell people apart by sniffing them
When your cat sniffs your shirt or rubs its head...
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05-28-2025
Scientists unearth a 14.6-million-year-old bee whose family tree does not fit existing theories
A 14.6-million-year-old Miocene fossil is encouraging a fresh look at...
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2025/05/student-discovers-34000-year-old-mastodon-fossil-iowa-farm.jpg
05-28-2025
Student discovers a 34,000-year-old mastodon fossil by accident while walking around a farm
A teenager in Iowa headed outside to look for arrowheads...
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05-28-2025
New shape-shifting proteins open doors in medicine and farming
Proteins are central to life because they shift shape in...
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2025/05/Species-pattern.jpg
05-28-2025
Life's hidden pattern: Why most species are rare but a few rule the world
If you’ve ever noticed how squirrels vastly outnumber foxes in...
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05-28-2025
Biologists learn why some spiders have deadlier venom than others
Many folks wonder why some spiders deliver mild bites, while...
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2024/06/thunder-bird_Genyornis-newtoni_extinct_skull-found_credit-Flinders-University_1m.jpg
05-28-2025
Archaeologists find rare skull of an extinct, massive 'thunder bird'
The Australian outback once shook under the footfalls of birds...
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2025/05/ant-fossil_Haidomyrmecinae_hell-ant_credit-Anderson-Lepeco_1m.jpg
05-28-2025
Paleontologists found the oldest ant species on Earth, 113-million-years-old with scythe-like jaws
A surprising fossil discovery has drawn global attention to a...
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2025/05/Disappearing-forests-make-bird-migration-harder-across-Corn-Belt2.jpg
05-28-2025
Vanishing forests make bird migration harder across the Corn Belt
Songbirds crossing the U.S. Midwest face challenges beyond distance. A...
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2025/05/World-Otter-Day.jpg
05-28-2025
World Otter Day 2025: On the front lines of a habitat crisis
Every year, on the last Wednesday of May, we observe...
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