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Coyotes are wary of people, yet Seattle is far more crowded with them than Washington’s wild areas
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (1008+ words) Seattle coyotes live at nine times the density of Washington's wild lands, with fewer predators, fewer hunters, and far more to eat. Coyotes tend to avoid people. Yet they live far closer together in Seattle than in the wild country…...
Loud, common frog species spent over 100 years mistaken for something else
3+ week, 21+ hour ago (972+ words) A century-old museum mix-up left a common, loud Chocó frog with the wrong scientific name, until DNA set the record straight. Anyone walking through the Chocó forests of western Ecuador or southern Colombia after dark has probably heard the frog…...
New hairy-leafed plant species confirms another of Darwin’s predictions
4+ week, 15+ hour ago (986+ words) Saxifraga candelabrum is a newly confirmed carnivorous plant. Its sticky hairs trap small insects, while its flowers attract them with scent. Carnivorous plants are famous for dramatic traps, but catching an insect is only part of the story. To qualify…...
Yellow crazy ants move like swimming bacteria
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (917+ words) A long-legged ant walking alone crosses a bare floor in short straight dashes. She stops, turns by some random amount, and goes again. Physicists have a name for that pattern, and they did not get it from insects. They got…...
Iconic Australian frog found to have rare color-shifting iridescent skin
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (856+ words) Blue is one of nature’s rarest colors. When it does appear, it is usually created by microscopic structures that bend and scatter light rather than by blue pigments themselves. Now, scientists have discovered that one Australian frog, the green and…...
Perching birds became incredibly diverse through rare bursts of evolution
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1063+ words) Perching birds evolved their body shapes in rare, sudden bursts that lined up with moments of upheaval in Earth’s climate. A new study reconstructs about 50 million years of change in their skeletons. Most of that change was packed into a…...
Coyotes live longer near more people
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (647+ words) For years, urban ecologists have leaned on a tidy pattern known as the luxury effect. Wealthier neighborhoods, with their mature trees and tended yards, tend to hold more plant and animal life than poorer ones. Researchers first described the effect…...
Tadpoles have a surprising strategy to survive rising temperatures
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (783+ words) As the water around them heats up, tadpoles do something surprisingly clever: they change what they eat. New research shows this isn’t just a quirky behavior, it’s a genuine coping strategy against rising temperatures. The catch is that it only…...
Small temperature changes are throwing vital microalgae off balance
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (619+ words) Beneath the surface of every pond, lake, and patch of damp soil, an invisible workforce is quietly at work. Microalgae pull carbon dioxide out of the air while forming the base of aquatic food chains around the world. New research…...
Giant salamander fossils from Japan rewrite the family's history
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (930+ words) Giant salamanders are the largest amphibians alive today. They are strange river animals with wrinkled skin and small, lidless eyes. The biggest living giant salamanders can reach nearly six feet (1.8 meters) in length. Across millions of years, the whole family…...