Plants and Animals

Australian Platypus and Echidna Actually Come from the Antarctic Circle, Scientists Discover

Australian Platypus and Echidna Actually Come from the Antarctic Circle, Scientists Discover

Monotremes, which include platypus and echidnas, may be traced back to arctic locations with months of darkness, according to fossil evidence. This is only one…
Host of Wildlife Found Living It Up in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Host of Wildlife Found Living It Up in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch (NPGP), a floating garbage island the size of Texas, is often seen as a scourge of human impact on our…
Will a Candiru Attack Me?

Will a Candiru Attack Me?

Given the legend surrounding the candiru, you’d assume there would be a lot of incidents of the fish entering a human body in some way.…
A Beautiful Bird “Australian Magpie”

A Beautiful Bird “Australian Magpie”

The Australian magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen) is a medium-sized songbird with a sturdy wedge-shaped bluish-white and black beak and unique black and white plumage. It’s a…
These Spiders Have to Catapult Themselves after Sex Or else They’ll Die

These Spiders Have to Catapult Themselves after Sex Or else They’ll Die

Although a post-coital catapult may not seem like the most pleasant pillow chat, it is a matter of life and death for males of the…
Pigeons Everything You Need To Know (And Some Things You Don’t)

Pigeons Everything You Need To Know (And Some Things You Don’t)

Pigeons may be seen in the vicinity of most major metropolitan constructions. Many city inhabitants despise these critters, which are commonly referred to as flying…
From Wolf to Chihuahua New Research Reveals Where the Dingo Sits On the Evolutionary Timeline of Dogs

From Wolf to Chihuahua New Research Reveals Where the Dingo Sits On the Evolutionary Timeline of Dogs

Many people are aware that contemporary canines are descendants of the grey wolf. But did you realize that the majority of the more than 340…
Five Hibernating Bears Responsible For Mysterious Snoring In California Home’s Crawl Space

Five Hibernating Bears Responsible For Mysterious Snoring In California Home’s Crawl Space

Five bears were spotted sleeping in a California home after hibernating in an unprotected crawl passage for the winter. The human family that unintentionally shared…
Bloodworms Make Their Teeth from Metal and Now We Know-How

Bloodworms Make Their Teeth from Metal and Now We Know-How

If your dreams aren’t already overflowing with terrible real-life monsters, here’s another: a vicious and poisonous worm with four deadly fangs made of copper. The…
Viking Skin Nailed To Medieval Church Doors Is Actually From Farm Animals

Viking Skin Nailed To Medieval Church Doors Is Actually From Farm Animals

A terrible legend surrounds the calm, inconspicuous St. Botolph’s church in Hadstock, near Cambridge. During renovations in the late 1800s, it was revealed that the…
New Spiders Named after Star Wars Stormtroopers are as Uniform as Cloned Soldiers

New Spiders Named after Star Wars Stormtroopers are as Uniform as Cloned Soldiers

Despite their widespread distribution in north and central South America, bald-legged spiders had never been confirmed in Colombia until a recent study led by Drs.…
Monkeys Like Alcohol in Small Amounts, but Probably Not Because of the Calories

Monkeys Like Alcohol in Small Amounts, but Probably Not Because of the Calories

According to a study by researchers from Linköping University in Sweden and the Universidad Veracruzana in Mexico, fruit-eating monkeys prefer amounts of alcohol present in…
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