Worms Can Smell Death, and It Strangely Alters Their Fertility and Fitness todayheadline
Worms are decomposers. Many survive by breaking down dead things — dead bacteria, dead plants, dead animals, dead anything. So, ...
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Why birds decorate their nests with weird and unnatural objects todayheadline
Red kites sometimes put plastic objects in their nestsMike Read / Alamy Stock Photo Birds may decorate nests with artificial ...
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Choosing Puppies Over Babies: How Dog Ownership Could Contribute to Declining Birth Rates todayheadline
Dogs have been man’s best friend for centuries. In recent decades, those furry friends have transitioned into “fur babies,” with ...
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Clownfish Shrink in Size With Their Breeding Partners to Survive Heat Stress todayheadline
A human can’t shrink away from the threats of climate change. A clownfish, however, can. In a new paper published ...
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The Trump administration just proposed its first animal to be added to the endangered species list: a rare fish from Nevada that’s ‘barely clinging to existence’ todayheadline
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Federal protections could soon be extended to a rare Nevada fish that environmentalists say is “barely clinging to ...
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Aging elephants moved from Los Angeles to Tulsa Zoo, but advocates say they should be at a sanctuary
LOS ANGELES -- Billy and Tina, the last remaining elephants at the Los Angeles Zoo, were quietly moved this week ...
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Habitat loss and climate change make it tough to be an amphibian — but there’s help
HONEOYE, N.Y. -- On a rainy March evening, John Bateman puts on his boots and a headlamp and heads to ...
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Rare Humpback Whale Calf Sighting Makes Migration Routes More Mysterious Than Once Thought todayheadline
Some humpback whales are born in warmer waters. Others are born on the way. That’s what a study in Frontiers ...
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Four-legged investigators sniff out spotted lanternfly eggs
CLEVELAND -- The spotted lanternfly, a leaf-hopping invasive pest first detected in the U.S. a decade ago, has steadily spread ...
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Endangered whales gave birth to few babies this year as population declines
SCARBOROUGH, Maine -- A vanishing species of whale gave birth to few babies this birthing season, raising alarms among scientists ...
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