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Ancient DNA discovery rewrites the origin story of house cats

12-03-2025

Ancient DNA discovery rewrites the origin story of house cats

11-19-2025

World Anteater Day: Protecting the balance of nature

Every year on November 19th, people around the world take...

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11-19-2025

How cuckoo birds manage to mimic the eggs of many species

A quiet nest hidden in the brush can look like...

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11-19-2025

Small bird equipped with GPS surprises scientists by flying over 1,400 miles

A small quail bird left central Spain and reached Berlin...

11-19-2025

Invasive ants drain the energy of hard-working bumble bees

Bumble bees move through crowded landscapes shaped by survival, conflict,...

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11-19-2025

Unique fish species reappears after vanishing for two decades

For the first time in more than 20 years, scientists...

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11-18-2025

Bird flu has picked up speed - and may no longer be containable

Since late 2021, the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu has...

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11-18-2025

Parasitic ant queen tricks workers into killing their own mother

Scientists have documented a startling new twist in social parasitism:...

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11-18-2025

Scientists recover the world's oldest RNA in a well-preserved woolly mammoth

For years, the story of the woolly mammoth has felt...

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11-18-2025

Scientists discover a new small lizard species with a wheat-colored tongue

A small mountain lizard with a wheat colored tongue, named...

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11-18-2025

Invasive species do not destroy ecosystems all at once, they have a plan

A Swiss-led team, working with partners in Germany and China,...

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11-17-2025

Fauna of Spain's Mar Menor is fleeing due to the lack of oxygen in its waters

Wildlife in Spain’s Mar Menor is abandoning the southern basin...

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11-17-2025

Unexpected twist: what you thought about Yellowstone wolves was a myth

In a new peer reviewed comment, researchers say Yellowstone’s wolf...

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