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Cuteness alert! Where to find some of the newest zoo babies, from Scotland to Santa Barbara
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6 years ago
Asian small-clawed otter pups were born in January at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Columbus, Ohio. Grahm S. Jones / Columbus Zoo and Aquarium Zoo babies rock the cuteness scale. Zoos...
These Hawaiian Stick Spiders Have a Profound Case of Evolutionary Déjà Vu
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6 years ago
Environments make species. This was the fundamental biology lesson that was drilled into Charles Darwin when he visited the Galápagos Islands back in 1835, a trip that ultimately inspired his...
Foxes and Coyotes are Natural Enemies. ... Or Are They?
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6 years ago
A pair of burly coyotes is one of the last things you expect to see in the concrete jungle, especially in the largest city in America. But that’s exactly what I saw one evening at the edge of...
10 ways my robot vacuum cleaner is a way better version of my cat
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6 years ago
In at least ten ways, having a robot vacuum cleaner is like having a more useful cat. Ever since I got sent the DEEBOT N79S, a cheap robot vacuum cleaner made by Chinese manufacturer Ecovacs,...
Trump Administration, Which Said It Would Keep African Elephant Trophy Ban, Changes Its Mind
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6 years ago
After months of back and forth on the subject, President Donald Trump’s administration has done what everyone pretty much knew it would do the whole time and has lifted a ban on the importation...
Sudan is a gentle giant, and the last living male of his kind in the world.
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6 years ago
Sadly, the 45-year-old Northern white rhinoceros, who lives at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya, is gravely ill and not expected to recover from his ailing condition, reports the BBC . The...
Mutant crayfish got rid of males, and its clones are taking over the world
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6 years ago
From a stream in Florida to a pet shop in Germany and on to Japan and Madagascar. It's possible to infer many species' origins from things like fossils and DNA sequences. But for one...
Many Animals Can Count, Some Better Than You
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6 years ago
Every night during breeding season, the male túngara frog of Central America will stake out a performance patch in the local pond and spend unbroken hours broadcasting his splendor to the world....
Dog Nearly Dies of Severe Burns After Being Dyed Purple
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6 years ago
A Florida-based animal service team has shared the disturbing story of a dog who suffered life-threatening injuries being dyed purple, to warn pet owners of the dangers of using human hair...
Grumpy Cat Shows Her Claws in $700,000 Copyright Lawsuit
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6 years ago
Source (SANTA ANA, Calif.) — It still won’t make her smile, but Grumpy Cat has won some scratch. A California jury gave the furry frown queen more than $700,000 this week in a federal...
Growing wings on beetle abdomens provides another clue in the mystery of where insect wings come from
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6 years ago
Insects are more mysterious than we thought By growing wings on the abdomens of beetles, scientists have come a little closer to solving the mystery of how insects developed their wings in...
How Peacock Spiders Make Rainbows on Their Backsides
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6 years ago
The adorable arachnids use specialized scales to break light into its component colors to produce some of nature’s tiniest rainbows A male peacock spider, Maratus robinsoni B.-K. Hsiung...
Iguanas Falling From Trees in Florida Probably Aren’t Dead
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6 years ago
Beware the falling iguanas in South Florida. When temperatures dip into the 30s and 40s, people from West Palm Beach to Miami know to be on the lookout for reptiles stunned — but not...
A New Species of Giant Octopus Has Been Hiding in Plain Sight
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7 years ago
You wouldn’t think a giant octopus could hide in plain sight for decades. But researchers have now learned that the giant Pacific octopus (GPO)—the largest known octopus on Earth, ranging from...
You Should Think of Hummingbirds as Bees With Feathers
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7 years ago
What’s small, buzzes here and there and visits flowers? If you said bees or hummingbirds, you got it. And you wouldn’t be the first if you mixed the two up. In Medieval Europe, some called...
The Hunger Games: Two Killer Whales, Same Sea, Different Diets ... Green Rules apply
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7 years ago
The Salish Sea’s resident killer whales are in trouble—and garnering all the headlines—but transient killer whales traveling the same waters seem to be doing fine. Transient killer whales,...
Hooray for Fiona the Hippo, Our Bundle of Social-Media Joy ... GREEN Rules apply
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7 years ago
“I feel like I represent Beyoncé,” said the Cincinnati zoo’s vice president of marketing. “People fly across the world to just catch a glimpse.” Fiona the hippo at the Cincinnati Zoo....
Man Whips Out Chainsaw in Middle Of Night to Free Deer Whose Antlers Got Tangled in Tree
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Man Whips Out Chainsaw in Middle Of Night to Free Deer Whose Antlers Got Tangled in Tree It’s strange to see a majestic animal like this stuck in a sticky situation, but luckily, someone...
Military Couple Helps Care For Pets of Deployed Soldiers (And You Can Too)
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7 years ago
Military Couple Helps Care For Pets of Deployed Soldiers (And You Can Too) NewsUSAby McKinley Corbley - Nov 15, 2017 Asking the neighbors to feed your dog while you’re on vacation for the...
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