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1 Hen, 76 Ducklings: What’s the Deal With This Picture?
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6 years ago
Where she goes, they follow. All 76 of them. A female duck in Minnesota has about six dozen ducklings in her care, a remarkable image that an amateur wildlife photographer captured on a recent...
An ancient swimming revolution in the oceans may have never happened
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6 years ago
About 540 million years ago , the oceans were an alien landscape, devoid of swimming, or nektonic, creatures. Some scientists have hypothesized, based on fossil evidence, that swimmers suddenly...
Tyrannosaurus rex was a big meanie, so this newly discovered dinosaur wore plenty of armor
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6 years ago
Andrey Atuchin and the Denver Museum of Nature & Science Living in the Cretaceous period would have been pretty darn dangerous for pretty much any animal. Dinosaurs were out in...
The National Zoo’s Golden Lion Tamarins Delight Curators with the Delivery of Twins
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6 years ago
On Friday, June 29, the Smithsonian’s National Zoo celebrated the birth of two golden lion tamarins to first-time parents Mo and Izzy. While infant mortality rates are high among golden lion...
Australian Feral Cats Eat More Than a Million Reptiles Per Day
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6 years ago
If you want to get into a blistering argument on the internet, just bring up feral cats, the descendants of our favorite domestic mouse catchers that are now living wild. While advocates argue...
Fear of Humans Is Forcing Daytime Animals Into Night Mode
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6 years ago
The stress is pushing some animals to adjust their schedules—but not all will be quick enough to adapt You’d expect to see a raccoon snuffling around at midnight. A sun bear, not so much....
Crocodile snacks on internet-famous terrier after years of torment (Warning: Graphic)
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6 years ago
Luck finally ran out for a tiny dog in Australia known for terrorizing saltwater crocodiles. Pippa, a 10-year-old terrier was perhaps known for a series of viral videos showing the...
Oldest Lizard Fossil Shows These Reptiles Are The Ultimate Survivors
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6 years ago
The 250-million-year-old specimen from the Alps suggests that lizards evolved before Earth’s largest mass extinction—and thrived after it Around 252 million years ago, an event dubbed the...
How birds may have escaped the dino-killing asteroid impact
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6 years ago
Nothing against trees. But maybe it’s better not to get too dependent on them if you want to survive a big flaming space object crashing into Earth. RUN, BIRD, RUN Birds most likely to...
Companies Want to Begin Exploring the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for Oil by Winter
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6 years ago
What these companies want to ruin. Photo: AP The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) is no longer safe. Two Alaska Native corporations and an oil services form have jointly...
Photographer Shoots Epic Battle Between Fox And Eagle Over Rabbit, And It Gets More And More Epic With Each Photo
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6 years ago
How would you feel if you were on your way home proudly clutching your hard-earned food, when all of a sudden somebody jumps you, snatches away your sandwich and does a runner? You’d be furious...
Do Mama Stick Insects Get Eaten to Transport Their Eggs?
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6 years ago
This may explain why the insects, who can’t travel far on their own, spread across unconnected lands This insect can survive being eaten by birds, researchers have found. Wikimedia...
Woman mauled to death by seven 'very short-legged dogs' in attack near Oklahoma home
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6 years ago
Oklahoma woman killed by small, short dogs near her home By Kaitlyn Alanis kalanis@wichitaeagle.com 7-9 minutes Seven small dogs — all with legs shorter than an adult's...
The Story of a Throwaway Dog, Lost and Alone - The Final Chapter, The Rainbow Bridge
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6 years ago
Hi, my name is now Annie. I'm a mixed breed (a mutt) and weigh 35 pounds. At least that is what I weighed when I was thrown away by the people that I lived with for about eight years. Let me tell...
The Story of A Throw Away Dog - Lost and Alone (The Rainbow Bridge)
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6 years ago
Hi, my name is now Annie. I'm a mixed breed (a mutt) and weigh 35 pounds. At least that is what I weighed when I was thrown away by the people that I lived with for about eight years. Let me tell...
Veterinarian accused of trafficking heroin inside puppies to stand trial in US
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6 years ago
A Venezuelan veterinarian – busted overseas for allegedly trafficking heroin inside of puppies – has been extradited to New York, according to law enforcement sources. Accused drug runner...
Footprints prove humans hunted giant sloths during the Ice Age
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6 years ago
PREDATOR OR PREY? Giant ground sloths like Megatherium, illustrated here, were elephant-sized herbivores that, with sharp claws and thick muscle, would have been difficult for...
These hummingbirds aim their singing tail feathers to wow mates
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6 years ago
There’s more subtlety than humans have realized in dropping out of the sky so fast your tail feathers sing. Male Costa’s hummingbirds in western North America are masters of the...