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A tool using cow is shattering what we thought we knew about animal smarts
Read More: A tool using cow is shattering what we thought we knew about animal smartsA 13-year-old Swiss Brown cow in a quiet Austrian village is forcing scientists to redraw the mental map of the…
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This tiny mammal regrows its brain each winter and may unlock Alzheimer’s cures
Read More: This tiny mammal regrows its brain each winter and may unlock Alzheimer’s curesThe common shrew looks unremarkable, a few grams of fur and teeth scurrying under leaf litter. Yet this tiny mammal…
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Trail cams spot ultra-rare flat headed cat in Thailand after 30 year vanishing act
Read More: Trail cams spot ultra-rare flat headed cat in Thailand after 30 year vanishing actFor nearly three decades, conservationists feared one of the world’s strangest small cats had slipped quietly out of Thailand’s forests.…
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Scientists find giant 300-year-old sea creature lurking off New Zealand
Read More: Scientists find giant 300-year-old sea creature lurking off New ZealandA towering, centuries old sea creature has been found rising from the seafloor off New Zealand, its branches forming a…
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The 4 snake species behind 138,000 deaths every year
Read More: The 4 snake species behind 138,000 deaths every yearEvery year, an estimated 81,410 to 138,349 people die from snakebite envenoming worldwide, and a large share of this toll…
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Deadly bacteria in California dogs triggers urgent statewide warning
Read More: Deadly bacteria in California dogs triggers urgent statewide warningCalifornia veterinarians and local officials are racing to contain a deadly bacterial threat that has already killed dogs and sickened…
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Rats have shockingly vivid dreams and scientists cracked the plot
Read More: Rats have shockingly vivid dreams and scientists cracked the plotRats do not simply drift through vague, sleepy fog. Their brains light up with detailed replays of the day, from…
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1,000+ new species discovered and many are already racing toward extinction
Read More: 1,000+ new species discovered and many are already racing toward extinctionScientists are cataloguing life on Earth at a pace that would have seemed impossible a generation ago, yet a growing…
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How 1 venomous bite can wipe out animals 10x its size
Read More: How 1 venomous bite can wipe out animals 10x its sizeIn the animal world, power is not always measured in kilograms or muscle mass. A single, well placed venomous bite…
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Scientists recover full woolly rhino genome from wolf pup’s stomach
Read More: Scientists recover full woolly rhino genome from wolf pup’s stomachA mummified wolf pup that died in Siberia roughly 14,400 years ago has yielded a scientific first: a complete woolly…
