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Huaulu Cidaku Ceremony Protects the Salmon-crested Cockatoo
On Seram Island in eastern Indonesia, a traditional coming-of-age ceremony once meant that young men had to…
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Why Bison Hunters Abandoned Montana’s Bergstrom Site
For centuries, bison hunters across the North American Great Plains did not follow a single fixed approach.
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Coral Sleep Study Reveals How Microbes Shape Night-time Rest
Sleep appears straightforward, until examined more closely. Most animals sleep, and there are good reasons for…
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How Giant Kangaroos Could Still Hop
Australia was once home to kangaroos much bigger than any species alive today. Fossil evidence points to…
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Chicken kidney sponge crawls through polluted harbour
A sponge is expected to remain exactly where it settles. After finding a rock as a larva, it anchors itself…
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Why female songbirds live shorter lives than males
Among humans and most other mammals, females generally outlive males. Birds show the reverse trend: across…
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Earliest cephalopod fossil reveals ancient buoyancy control
An octopus can remain perfectly still in mid-water without drifting upwards or downwards. Scientists have now…
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International Clouded Leopard Day: Why Connected Forests Matter
Clouded leopards can move through woodland without leaving any trace that people detect. A remote camera might…
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Whole Carcass Feeding Changes Zoo Lion Behaviour Over Nine-Day Cycles
Zoo lions are commonly fed to a regular timetable, whereas wild lions face a far more uncertain supply of…
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How the April 2024 Total Solar Eclipse Changed Prairie Soundscapes
A total solar eclipse does more than darken the sky. For several uncanny minutes, it overturns the familiar…
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Island Land Snails Face Devastating Extinction Losses
If you need a quiet yet brutally clear indication of how severely biodiversity is collapsing on islands…
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How Dolphins Sleep with Half Their Brain
A dolphin can rest without becoming entirely disconnected from the world around it. While one side of its…
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5 Tricks to Encourage Your Cat to Drink More Water
The water bowl stays full for hours, yet your cat appears to pay no attention to it. Although many cats…
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Romundina gagnieri reveals early teeth in jawed fishes
A recently identified fossil fish, Romundina gagnieri, has shown that teeth grew on bony plates lining the…
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A Simple Ramp That Turns a Garden Shed into a Hedgehog Refuge
One September evening, as he was shutting up his garden shed, Marc spotted a small dark shape slipping beneath…
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Artificial light at night disrupts melatonin in Miami sharks
As the sun falls beneath the horizon, the ocean should become dark. For most of Earth’s past, night created a…
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Hannibal’s Elephants Took the Cheapest Route Across the Alps
A new study has estimated the energy Hannibal’s army expended hauling itself, along with its war elephants…
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Why Tree Frog Choruses Vanish From One Year to the Next
A tree frog perched on a porch rail probably did not originate in a pond. It is more likely to…
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Study Suggests Primate Calls May Use Supra-Regular Recursive Grammar
Human language is intricate and adaptable. It expresses our intelligence and cultures, as well as our desire…
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Microplastics Found in Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Animals
A new study has detected microplastics inside animals inhabiting deep-sea hydrothermal vents more than 6,500…
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How the Bearded Vulture Eats Bones
When other animals leave a carcass because little more than bones remain, the bearded vulture has found its…