To some, they are a magical sight to behold in the heart of the city—to others a pest that eats through their gardens, endangers traffic and helps spread tick-borne diseases.
Ecology
Sep 4, 2023
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When you think of dinosaurs, you might automatically imagine iconic dinosaurs such as Tyrannosaurus and Triceratops. But at the same time when these were stomping on the ancient coastal plains of North America, some of their ...
Paleontology & Fossils
Aug 30, 2023
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White-tailed deer across Ohio have been infected with the virus that causes COVID-19, new research has found—and the results also show that viral variants evolve about three times faster in deer than in humans.
Ecology
Aug 28, 2023
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With the observational data of the Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (HXMT), the first X-ray astronomical satellite of China, Dr. Ding Guoqiang from the Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, ...
Astronomy
Aug 4, 2023
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A multi-institutional team of paleontologists has identified a new dinosaur species dug up in Thailand in 2012. In their paper published in the journal Diversity, the group describes where the fossil was found, its characteristics ...
As climate change warms Washington's mountain ranges, environmentalists are suing the federal government to protect one snow-loving bird of the Cascades.
Environment
Jun 27, 2023
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Certain animals are able to adjust well to environments that have been created or altered by human activity. We live in an age in which urbanization is proceeding at an ever-faster rate, something that also affects fauna. ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 14, 2023
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In Connecticut, deer are a frequent sight, whether they are quietly munching on plants around our yards, bounding into the cover of trees with a flash of white from their tails, or after they don't safely make it across a ...
Ecology
May 26, 2023
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Approximately 200 million years ago, Antarctica was attached to South America, Africa, India, and Australia in a single "supercontinent" called Gondwana. Paleontologists have long wondered about the unique mammals that lived ...
Evolution
May 24, 2023
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Mammals are a bit odd when it comes to bones. Rather than the bony plates and scales of crocodiles, turtles, lizards, dinosaurs and fish, mammals long ago traded in their ancestral suit of armor for a layer of insulating ...
Plants & Animals
May 24, 2023
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