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Australia is home to some of the most iconic mammals in the world. Most people would easily recognize a kangaroo, koala, or maybe even a smiling quokka.
Australia is home to some of the most iconic mammals in the world. Most people would easily recognize a kangaroo, koala, or maybe even a smiling quokka.
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Every evening, small fish and microscopic animals called zooplankton journey to the ocean surface, where they feast on microscopic plants under the moonlight before returning to the depths at dawn. With data collected during ...
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Aug 11, 2021
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A UNSW and Australian Museum study using data from a citizen science project finds 70 percent are vulnerable to housing, agriculture, roads and recreation.
Ecology
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Everyone hates spiders. This is a sweeping (and swinging) generalization, obviously, but nonetheless the stereotype exists for a reason. Western postdoctoral associate Erin Brandt doesn't mind the creepy crawlers though, ...
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Mar 18, 2021
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An international team, led by the Bavarian State Collection of Zoology (ZSM-SNSB), has discovered a minuscule new species of chameleon. The sole known, apparently adult male of the new species has a body size of just 13.5 ...
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It's mid-January 2021, and the first gray whales from the eastern North Pacific population have started to arrive in the breeding lagoons in Baja California, Mexico. Since the start of their southbound migration from their ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 22, 2021
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Scientists have discovered that the larynx, or voice box, of primates is significantly larger relative to body size, has greater variation, and is under faster rates of evolution than in other mammals.
Plants & Animals
Aug 11, 2020
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Prey can evade predators and also avoid attacks. However, some can escape from inside a predator after being swallowed. For example, some animals that can survive predators' digestive systems are excreted in feces and thereby ...
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Aug 3, 2020
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Plucky, beautiful and declining in numbers at about a 2% annual rate, the rufous hummingbird makes its long annual migration in different timing and route patterns based the birds' age and sex, new research by Oregon State ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 28, 2020
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Newly discovered creatures can often be as impressive and exciting as the ones from the Japanese movies and shows. Many of those fictional characters, including inhabitants of the famous Pokémon universe, might have their ...
Plants & Animals
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