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A little dirt makes a lot of difference.
This is not the Nemo you're looking for.
But ultimately humans are often the ones who introduce alien species to new ecosystems.
I'd describe most of my conversations as 'hostage situations'.
Far from being slow, giant ground sloths were highly adaptable creatures. The new findings suggest that humans must have had a decisive role in the megafauna's extinction.
Thrash we've thrown away years ago is killing ocean life as you're reading this.
Nothing like some sweet TLC to give you a nice start in life.
They say modern life is the best but I won't be convinced till I have a pet fox myself.
The first tyrannosauruses were quite small.
Wallace’s giant bee -- about four times larger than a honeybee -- hadn't been spotted for nearly four decades until a band of explores rediscovered it.
Could we be witnessing an evolutionary leap in action?
It's as tough as industrial rubber, MIT researchers say.
Scientists finally found out how insects are kept away from zebras.
No time like mealtime.
Sorry ladies.
The colonies work similarly to a brain, actually.
Man's best friend, indeed.
Give an orangutan a banana and you'll feed him for a day. Give him a stick and he'll poke bananas for a lifetime.
Deer are affecting forests in more than one way, researchers found.
They may be creepy crawlies, but we need them.
They didn't lose the genes for limbs -- they're just blocked.
The study casts an unexpected doubt on our very definition of self-awareness.
The males hunt more than the females, researchers found.
Pandas sure are real animals.
Bombs never solve anything :(.
It's probably your fault -- of course.
Improvise, adapt, eliminate.
"[Its] teeth are the size of a sand grain. Without a microscope you'd just throw them away," says one of its discoverers.
"We believe that these structures could serve as inspiration for an interlocking one-directional adhesive or a material with directionally tailored permeability," the team said.
This could be very important for saving the world's biggest fish.
A stripe a day keeps the bug bites away!
"Plant more flowers!" -- scream the bees.
A modern amphibian love story with a happy ending.
The research could be a game-changer in the fight to save the devils.
They're so cute and fuzzy, too <3.
BEEEE cause we can, that's why.
Giraffes have been undergoing a silent extinction.
Tourists are bringing dangerous pathogens to the Antarctic.
Sharks are declining at an alarming rate.
I can’t BEElive this!
The planet's largest shark may have been killed by a supernova.
The Vikings used to skin cats for their pelts.
With great empathy comes great stress as well!
Sure you've had bad days, but have you had an 'eel up your nose' day?
More than 100 turtles were tested -- all had synthetic fibers in their guts.
Another mystery solved my science!
The "losers" are exactly the ones you want to protect.
Lonesome George is dead -- but his story is still alive, written in a genome whose secrets we are just beginning to explore.
The spiders also nurse their young for a long time -- another unique feature among spiders.
Careful with that insect repellant.
