In a square-rectangle sort of way, snakes are technically lizards, but for semantics’ sake and because…
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You might have more in common with the sea lamprey than you realize
As the adage goes, you can pick your friends, but you can’t pick your relatives. This…
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We finally know how baleen whales make noise
Baleen whales, including today’s blue, humpback, and fin whales rely on sounds to live in their…
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Giant Antarctic sea spiders’ reproductive mystery solved after 140 years of confusion
The reproduction of giant sea spiders in Antarctica has been a puzzle for over a century.…
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Bug-munching plant turns insect nurseries into death traps
Earth is home to some pretty gnarly carnivorous plants that will use sticky digestive juices to…
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Fire is driving animals’ evolution
This article was originally featured on High Country News. Increasing frequent and intense fires are shaping how…
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How a sniff test could make sexing chicks more humane
One large part of managing egg-laying hens is a process called sexing, or determining the sex…
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Why blueberries aren’t technically blue
If you open up a ripe blueberry, the blue skin on its outside does not match…
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This tiger-sized, saber-toothed, rhino-skinned predator thrived before the ‘Great Dying’
About 250 million years ago, massive volcanic eruptions triggered catastrophic climate changes that killed 80 to…
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New pterosaur species discovered in Scotland
Paleontologists in the United Kingdom have discovered a new species of pterosaur on Scotand’s Isle of…
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Neanderthals and modern humans intermingled in Europe 45,000 years ago
About a decade ago, the theory that Neanderthals had bred with Homo sapiens outside of Africa…
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Thriving baby California condor is a ray of hope for the unique species
On May 9, a baby California condor hatched at Liberty Wildlife, a wildlife rehabilitation, education, and…
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