The animals revealing why human culture isn’t as special as we thought todayheadline
We all know the story: give every chimpanzee on the planet a typewriter and wait until something monumental occurs, either ...
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Monkeys use crafty techniques to get junk food from tourists todayheadline
Hanuman langurs have adapted their behaviour to thrive around human environmentsOndrej Prosicky / Alamy A group of monkeys in India ...
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Cave spiders use their webs in a way that hasn’t been seen before todayheadline
A cave orb spiderblickwinkel/Alamy Spiders known for elaborate circular webs have altered their spinning style in dark spaces to create ...
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Warm Waters Helped Some Species Thrive After Earth’s Great Dying todayheadline
Earth’s largest mass extinction eliminated a lot of marine species. But it didn’t eliminate them all. According to a study ...
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5 of the Longest Gestation Periods in the Animal Kingdom todayheadline
For humans, the gestation period can last forty weeks. There are cramps, morning sickness, strange food cravings, increasing discomfort, and ...
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Ancient wasp preserved in amber may have used its rear end to trap flies todayheadline
A specimen of Sirenobethylus charybdis preserved in amberQiong Wu An extraordinary extinct wasp found preserved in amber may have used ...
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Elephants Travel Smart to Conserve Energy on Their Journeys todayheadline
Elephants are no pushovers when it comes to walking great distances every day, and they even seem to have a ...
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Why do giraffes have spots? Not for the reason you might think todayheadline
Giraffes in the Tarangire ecosystem in TanzaniaMonica Bond The beautiful mottled patterns of a giraffe’s coat work as more than ...
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Escaped otters cavort in the snow as the zoo’s search continues
Two river otters, Louie and Ophelia, weaseled their way out of their Wisconsin zoo enclosure last week during a winter ...
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Foie gras made without force-feeding thanks to molecular mimicry todayheadline
The researchers’ alternative foie gras undergoing a stress test in the labThomas A. Vilgis The French delicacy foie gras could ...
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