2025/08/sea-spiders_new-species_ocean-floor_eat-methane_credit-PNAS_1m.jpg
08-07-2025
Sea spiders discovered on the ocean floor that survive without light and eat methane
A dull stretch of silty seafloor off Southern California hides...
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08-07-2025
Moths to millipedes: Why are arthropods declining in untouched forests?
Thinking of the rainforest, you probably picture parrots, orchids, maybe...
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2025/08/robot-crab_Wavy-Dave_fiddler-crab_credit-Joe-Wilde_1m.jpg
08-07-2025
Robotic crab named 'Wavy Dave' stirs up courtship drama with a real fiddler crab
On a summer tide-flat in southern Portugal, a 3D-printed intruder...
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08-07-2025
Great white sharks survived the Ice Age - but it changed them forever
Great white sharks almost didn’t make it. Around 25,000 years...
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08-07-2025
How giant dinosaurs turned their skulls into weapons
Tyrannosaurus rex had a skull like a sledgehammer. The skulls...
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08-07-2025
Cicadas wait for this exact moment each morning to sing
Cicadas are early risers. Their synchronized choruses often mark the...
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08-07-2025
Neanderthals got most of their protein from a nauseating food source
Neanderthals may not have relied as heavily on meat in...
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08-06-2025
Leopard seals sing songs underwater that are strikingly similar to nursery rhymes
Leopard seals, some of the loneliest animals in Antarctica, may...
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08-06-2025
Urbanization causes massive decline in insect pollinators
Urbanization may seem harmless at first glance. Yet beneath the...
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2025/08/Dissacus-praenuntius_ancient-predator_ate-bones_climate-shock_Credit-RutgersU_1m.jpg
08-06-2025
Ancient predator had a gut-wrenching strategy for adapting to climate shock
About 56 million years ago, Earth slipped into the Paleocene-Eocene...
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08-06-2025
Female gorillas rely on old friends to choose new homes
Anyone who has ever scanned a party guest list for...
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08-06-2025
Butterfly populations are disappearing - and it's happening fast
Most people wouldn’t expect a quiet walk in the park...
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