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10 Nov

Watch elephants use a hose to shower themselves – and prank others

November 10, 2024
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJYVCR7X48s Elephants are masters at using a hose – considered a complex tool because of its flex...

09 Nov

Science

Chimps do better at difficult tasks when they have an audience

November 9, 2024
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A chimpanzee tackling a number test on a touch screenAkiho Muramatsu The pressure of a watching audience can have positive or negative ...

06 Nov

Science

Vampire bats run on a treadmill to reveal their strange metabolism

November 6, 2024
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aDsVK9akqw Experiments with vampire bats running on treadmills have revealed they have a highly ...

15 Oct

Science

Seven newly named frog species make whistles that sound like Star Trek

October 15, 2024
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Boophis pikei, a newly named species of Madagascan frogMiguel Vences (CC-BY-SA 4.0) Deep in the forests of Madagascar, researchers have...

27 Sep

Science

These fish have evolved legs that can find and taste buried food

September 27, 2024
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The northern sea robin uses its legs to find food in the seabedAnik Grearson A striking fish that lives at the bottom of the Atlantic O...

18 Sep

Science

Air jacket helps ‘scuba-diving’ lizards stay underwater for longer

September 18, 2024
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtVFnhySwqc Some lizards can stay underwater for longer by blowing out and then rebreathing bubbl...

08 Sep

Science

Bat die-off led to more insecticide use and more infant deaths in US

September 8, 2024
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A little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus) with white-nose syndrome, which has ravaged bat populations across the USpiemags/FWL / Alamy Stoc...

03 Sep

Science

Pregnant shark that disappeared may have been eaten by another shark

September 3, 2024
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The pregnant porbeagle shark after being tagged by researchersJon Dodd A pregnant porbeagle shark may have been eaten by a great white ...

20 Aug

Science

Why the underground home of the world’s weirdest wildlife is in danger

August 20, 2024
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A lava cave in Iceland is a tiny part of a vast, underground habitat found around the planetTOMMY AU PHOTO/Getty Images One moment Stef...

12 Aug

Science

We now know how kestrels stay perfectly still while hovering

August 12, 2024
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9U3VzAMsT3I Kestrels have been trained to fly inside a wind tunnel to reveal how they can hover i...

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