Young bats develop a ‘caller ID’ to avoid poisonous prey
‘Like human children, young bats needed time and experience to hone their discrimination skills.’ The post Young bats develop a
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Watch an owl try to eat a turtle whole
Plus a wiggling heron, a bobbing owlet, and an osprey fight club. The post Watch an owl try to eat
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Watch endangered marsupials return to Australian bushland after 62 years
To some, the eastern quoll is a ‘magic little animal.’ The post Watch endangered marsupials return to Australian bushland after
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Put more sauerkraut on your hot dog (your gut might like it)
The dish may be one of the many fermented foods linked to better digestion. The post Put more sauerkraut on
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Archaeologists hike up a cliff and find 20,000-year-old stone tools
Human ancestors may have used the tools to hunt large game in present-day South Africa. The post Archaeologists hike up
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The brain remembers what gave you food poisoning
Grape Kool-Aid helps show how one meal can create lasting food avoidance in mice. The post The brain remembers what
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Baby hummingbird appears to mimic caterpillar to avoid death
Some caterpillar species can fend off predators with stinging hairs. These birds might, too. The post Baby hummingbird appears to
Laura Baisas
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After a 5,000-mile float, these iguanas probably set an ocean record
Fiji's 'outlier' iguana population made it there within the last 34 million years. The post After a 5,000-mile float, these
Laura Baisas
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The remote locale that shielded plants during Earth’s biggest mass extinction
About 252 million years ago, 80 to 90 percent of life on Earth was wiped out. In the Turpan-Hami Basin,
Laura Baisas
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This extinct tree-dwelling mammal may be among humans’ closer relatives
Mixodectes pungens lived only a few million years after the dinosaurs went extinct. The post This extinct tree-dwelling mammal may
