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These freaky looking spiders can sense incoming prey from more than two meters away.
The COVID-19 pandemic has taught millions of people across the world at least one valuable lesson: the single most important thing that one can do to stave off the spread of an infectious disease is to practice social distancing. As long as infected hosts are in limited contact with healthy hosts, a pathogen can’t spread […]
Insights into what makes these insects so tough could inspire a new class of materials.
A neuroscientist believes dogs experience love and attachment comparable to a human child.
Worker ants evolved strong thorax muscles for carrying loads many times their weight after losing their ability to fly.
These extreme survivors never cease to amaze us!
We aren't the only ones to share food with our friends in need.
Countries need to take urgent action to protect species from human activities
Although they had fur and whiskers, the earliest mammals had long lifespans like reptiles.
Intelligence and resilience can be found all across the natural world.
An in-between sex can exist in nature, and moles are a prime example.
'I thought it to be the most beautiful mouse I had ever seen,' said one of the researchers.
The possibility of this happening is higher than with other viruses.
The eggs uncovered a 137-kilometer long illegal trade chain.
It took a while, but the devils are now back home!
They have a better accuracy than many specialized tests.
Magawa's work saves people from being killed or maimed by mines.
Environment groups call for urgent measures to protect the species, which has been suffering under habitat destruction and wildfires.
Sparrows have adapted their songs to the less noisy cities of 2020.
It could have culinary value similar to the truffles now sold in restaurants.
The vessels were caught logging 73,000 hours of fishing in just one month.
Blue and green are the brightest and more intense colors and there's a reason behind it.
A warmer world could lead to more discoveries in the near future
The technique could improve livestock resilience against disease and enhance food production in an increasingly demanding world.
A conservation scientist interviewed on the programme says Sir David tells it like it is.
Better watch out if you're going out to sea.
New research shows how tamarin monkeys transfer new types of food to their young.
We can still flatten and reserve the declining trends with urgent action.
Chinese mining companies were rushing to extract minerals there.
Mammal species are experiencing an accelerated decline.
Lab animal welfare and good science go hand in hand. A new study calls for both.
It's the first time an amphibian was shown to live in a harem.
Better late than never, eh?
Both birds and the Rolling Stones want you to paint it black.
Climate change is going to make dry periods longer and more frequent.
These cows are looking everywhere, even behind their backs.
The company admitted a spill but said it didn't have chemical products that could hurt the fish.
Humans aren't always the bad guys.
The primate voice box seems to be exceptional in the animal kingdom.
The local Wildlife Trust called the decision "the most ground-breaking government decision for England's wildlife for a generation".
Popular wisdom was that predators are most at risk -- turns out it's actually their food that's struggling.
All the profits are donated to conservation efforts
Two restaurants in the San Francisco Bay area will offer dishes with lab-grown bacon.
Pigs are intelligent and seem to exhibit behavior both similar, and different to dogs.
They are very important to keep rivers, lakes and wetlands healthy
The hatched hybrids are sterile so they shouldn't be a threat. None will be released into the wild to be sure.
Among other things, these genomes may help find new approaches against COVID-19.
Their fate is linked to what happens in the Arctic's sea ice
Man's best friend is even more awesome than we knew.
The camera needs to be extremely light so an insect can carry it.
