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Humble shellfish, called a 'blue superfood,' nourishes humans, cleans water, and stores carbon

09-25-2025

Humble shellfish, called a 'blue superfood,' nourishes humans, cleans water, and stores carbon

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02-15-2018

More species of wild bees means more crops for humans

Researchers at Rutgers University have confirmed a link between increased...

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02-15-2018

Nearly 150,000 orangutans lost in Borneo in just 16 years

An international team of researchers has found that nearly 150,000...

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02-14-2018

Rabbits have been domesticated much longer than most thought

A commonly cited story about how rabbits became domesticated has...

02-14-2018

Songbird nests struggling near fracking sites

Researchers at West Virginia University are reporting that songbird populations...

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02-14-2018

Carefully managed fire can improve African savanna diversity

According to a new study from the University of York,...

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02-13-2018

Ants treat each other’s wounds

Researchers at the Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg (JMU) have...

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02-13-2018

Zebra finches sing in their sleep

New research has found that zebra finches sing while they...

02-13-2018

#EpicDuckChallenge proves drones can monitor wildlife populations

Researchers in Adelaide, Australia set up thousands of lifesize decoy...

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02-13-2018

Noise navigation: How animals use echolocation

What could be stranger than using noise for navigation? Of...

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02-13-2018

Big body size helps a species avoid extinction

In the over 4.5 billion years that the Earth has...

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02-12-2018

Arachnids: Spiders and scorpions are the tip of the iceberg

Everyone knows spiders are arachnids. Many people know that scorpions...

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02-12-2018

These spiders are the fastest spinners on Earth

Flattie spiders from the family Selenopidae can spin around at...

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