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Sex is more important than sleep for these marsupials
This photograph shows a male dusky antechinus in a naturalistic enclosure located in Cape Otway, Australia. Erika Zaid Marsupials are anything but a boring group of mammals. Kangaroos have some of the...
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This could be the first newborn great white shark ever captured on camera
In July 2023, wildlife filmmaker Carlos Gauna and University of California, Riverside biology doctoral student Phillip Sternes took footage of what could be the first newborn great white shark ever...
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Extinct ape’s inner ear holds clues to how humans learned to walk upright
An artist’s reconstruction of the locomotor behavior and paleoenvironment of Lufengpithecus. This extinct primate lived in East Asia during the Miocene. Illustration by Xiaocong Guo. Image courtesy of...
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Antarctic penguins are now dying from the H5N1 strain of bird flu
H5N1 flu has been confirmed in Gentoo penguins for the first time. Over 20 Gentoo chicks have been reported dead from the virus or are showing symptoms of this highly contagious strain of bird flu....
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Why artificial light—and evolution—trap moths
A multiple-exposure photograph of insects circling an artificial light at night. The light can mess with a moth’s sense of what direction is up and which way is down. Samuel Fabian, CC BY-ND An...
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‘Jaws’ portrayed sharks as monsters 50 years ago, but it also inspired a...
Steven Spielberg’s 1975 movie became the highest-grossing film in history at that time. Universal Pictures courtesy of Getty Images This article was originally featured on The Conversation. Human fear...
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Can clownfish count?
Common clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris) live in anemones and can be very territorial. Reinhard Dirscherl\ullstein bild via Getty Images The colorful anemonefish–aka clownfish–that call the carnivorous...
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Possibility of wildlife-to-human crossover heightens concern about chronic...
Chronic wasting disease currently is known to infect only members of the cervid family—elk, deer, reindeer, caribou, and moose. Matthias Bein/picture alliance via Getty Images This article was...
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Moths fight against echolocating bats with sounds of their own
Ermine moths have special organs in their wings that can generate sounds that are equivalent to a lively human conversation. Deposit Photos Under the darkness of night, bats use soundwaves to find...
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New jellyfish discovered near Japan may contain multitudes of venom
The St. George’s Cross medusa is about four inches wide, three inches long, and has about 240 tentacles. Dhugal John Lindsay/JAMSTEC A Japanese and Brazilian team of scientists found a funky new...
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See wild horses and gray seals mingle on Sable Island
Gray seals and Sable Island's wild horses spending time on the beach. Michelle Shero/ ©Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Every winter, about 500,000 gray seals gather on a remote sandbar called...
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Anchovy sex is a force of nature
The big clue that fish sex might be responsible for the turbulence scientists were detecting in a Spanish bay came when they placed algae nets in the water and pulled up a bounty of anchovy eggs....
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Three new ancient shark species discovered in Alabama and Kentucky
An ancient shark called Glikmanius careforum was about 10 to 12 feet long and had a powerful bite. Benji Paynose/NPS Paleontologists in Kentucky and Alabama discovered fossils belonging to three new...
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Close to half of migratory species are in serious decline: UN report
Humpback whales have improved their conservation status over the past 30 years, but many other migratory species are at risk of extinction. Deposit Photos Almost half of the migratory species on Earth...
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Scientists tracked the love songs of Skywalker gibbons to find them
Distinguishing characteristics of Skywalker hoolock gibbons compared to other gibbons include thinner eyebrows, a black or brown beard instead of a white one, and incomplete white face rings on the...
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Captive big cats can tell voices apart
Both domesticated and wild felines might not be as aloof as they seem. Deposit Photos Domesticated animals like cats, dogs, horses, and pigs can recognize their names when called by human caregivers....
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Giant Antarctic sea spiders’ reproductive mystery solved after 140 years of...
Giant Antarctic sea spiders can grow up to 20 inches wide. R. Robbins The reproduction of giant sea spiders in Antarctica has been a puzzle for over a century. Studying their habits requires deep...
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We finally know how baleen whales make noise
A humpback whale calf playing in the warm waters of Moorea in French Polynesia. Once the calves are strong enough, they will make the long journey with their mother back to the feeding grounds of...
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‘Lost Bird’ not seen in 20 years photographed for the first time
The first-ever photograph of the yellow-crested helmetshrike was taken during a recent six-week expedition led by scientists at The University of Texas at El Paso. Matt Brady/The University of Texas...
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You might have more in common with the sea lamprey than you realize
These ‘water vampires’ use rows of teeth and a suction cup mouth to eat their prey. Steve Russell/Toronto Star via Getty Images As the adage goes, you can pick your friends, but you can’t pick your...
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