Who doesn’t love a good cuddle? A study published today in PLOS ONE demonstrates that lions are no different than us when…
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Images Lions Like to Cuddle TooRead more
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Fun Young Cape Fur Seals Handle Heat with Built-in Air ConditioningRead more
One of the easiest ways to find relief from scorching summer heat is a quick dip in the water. Whether tiger, hippo…
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Fun What Early Neolithic People Left Behind: Levantine Arrowheads Found in Saudi ArabiaRead more
Thinking about spending the summer in the sun and sand? Early Neolithic humans may have thought so too, although with more survival-oriented…
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Blog Pick of the Month Vegetables Help Wild Andean Condors Dominate at DinnertimeRead more
Eat too many carrots and your skin might turn orange, thanks to a group of pigments called carotenoids. Orange skin may not…
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Featured Image Color and Iridescence in the StinkbugRead more
“Beautiful” may not be the first word to describe the stinkbug, but Tectocoris diopthalamus sure are pretty. Pictured above are six specimens…
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Featured Image Home sweet home: Understanding New York City soil fungal communities in green roofs and city parksRead more
Green roofs are growing more common in urban communities around the world. Besides the cost savings associated with these urban green spaces…
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Aggregators Greetings from Lake Socompa! A Diversity of Life in Extreme ConditionsRead more
The photo above comes to us from a remote part of the Andes, at the base of the active volcano Socompa. Lake…
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Aggregators Worth a Thousand Words: On Elephants, LiterallyRead more
Ever wonder what purpose the sparse, coarse hairs covering an elephant’s skin serve? Authors from Princeton University wondered the same and recently…
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Fun Worth a Thousand WordsRead more
How many arrows are depicted in the photo above? How many can you find? One? Five? The answer is 118. In research…
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Aggregators Worth a Thousand Words: Rediscovering an “Extinct” SpeciesRead more
It’s not every day that you come across a living member of an extinct species. Nathan Whelan, a doctoral student at the…
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Aggregators Worth a Thousand Words: Handedness in FishRead more
If you look closely at the image above, you’ll see that the mouths of these cichlid fish, Perissodus microlepis, curve in opposite…
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Worth A Thousand Words The Advantage of VeinsRead more
Desert locusts are known to travel great distances, experiencing substantial mechanical stress along the way, however little is understood about their wings…