Study of Underwater Videos Reveal Extraordinary Reach of Octopus Arms
A common octopus in South Florida waters. (Credit: Chelsea Bennice, Florida Atlantic University) A large-scale analysis of underwater…
Endangered Red and Yellow Mountain Frogs Are Bred for First Time–Years of Work to Save the Species
– credit Southern Cross University A unique and beautiful mountain-dwelling frog has been bred in captivity and released…
Dodo one step closer to coming back from extinction
Plump and flightless, the dodo disappeared from the forests of its native Mauritius in the 17th century, its…
Why Do Dead Spiders Always Curl Up?
Vertebrates (like humans) have what is termed a “closed circulatory system”. Nutrients and oxygen are carried to all…
‘Pivotal step’ announced in effort to bring back the dodo
Facebook Tweet Email Link A plan to genetically engineer a version of the dodo, a giant flightless bird…
Rescuers Notice Something Off About Giraffe’s Foot — Then Realize She’s In Danger
Last month in Kenya, a giraffe found herself in a precarious position. While grazing with her family, she…
Fishermen catch a large-eyed shark never before documented
Fishermen in the Western Visayas brought a small, large-eyed shark to a local port, and a visiting research…
Dodo one step closer to returning from extinction
Scientists are one step closer to resurrecting the dodo after creating gene-edited chickens that could lay eggs carrying…
5 incredible animal senses that work like real-life superpowers
In today’s busy world, we often forget how incredible the animal kingdom really is. Over millions of years,…
Jaguar stuns scientists with longest swim ever recorded
Jaguars already carry a reputation as strong swimmers. What nobody expected was just how far one could go.…
Chimps consume equivalent of a beer a day in alcohol from fermented fruit | Science
Someone have a word with the chimps? Observations of the apes in the wild show them imbibing the…
Escaped monkey ‘went for a stroll’ in Co Donegal
Killian McLaughlin Killian McLaughlin with Joey the capuchin monkey There was some serious monkey business after a primate…