For many of us, moving to a new house means recruiting a couple good friends to help pack and haul boxes. After…
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Aggregators 3000 Years Ago, We Were What We Ate
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Images Rainforest Fungi Find Home in Sloth Hair
Most of us have seen a cute sloth video or two on the Internet. Their squished faces, long claws, and scruffy fur make these…
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Aggregators New Year, New Species
Rock lizards, pigment producing fungus, eagle rays, ant garden parasites, and Antarctic sea anemones: new species are discovered all the time and…
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Aggregators Fish Beware – A New Species of Parasite is Discovered
The world is full of creepy crawlers; some are harmless bugs while others are blood sucking parasites. Adding to the list of…
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Fun Mama Gorilla Knows Best
While few question the importance of maternal care in humans, scientists do question the influence of a mother’s behavior in other species…
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Fun Snail Mucus May Alter Plant Defenses
Predator-prey relationships make up a large part of the food chain, and both predators and prey have developed visual, auditory, physical, and…
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Aggregators Burning the Candle at Both Ends: Intertidal Ant Species Can Work Night and Day
If you’ve ever experienced rush hour traffic, you know firsthand that most humans base our schedules roughly around the rise and setting…
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Aggregators A Rat’s Journey Through Virtual Reality
Few ideas excite the imagination more than virtual reality. We humans use virtual reality for training, entertaining, and even education, but we…
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Fun Moonlit Rendezvous: The Box Jellyfish’s Monthly Meet-up in Waikiki
When you think about tropical paradise, Hawaii is often at the top of the list. Waikiki is one of the most iconic…
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Featured Image Watch Out, Here Comes the Round Goby: How One Fish Changed the Danube River
As big as a pickle and about as intimidating as one, too, the round goby pictured above doesn’t look like an aggressive…
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Aggregators Understanding the Science Behind the Marvel: Why is the RÃo Celeste so Blue?
Recently, PLOS ONE published the science behind the surprising coloration of the river in the photo above. The beautiful, cloudy cyan waters…
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Aggregators Whisker Shape and Orientation Help Seals and Sea Lions Minimize Self-Noise
While it doesn’t always pay to take the path of least resistance, sometimes it’s best to just go with the flow. New…