37+ min ago  (435+ words) Deer keds on a host. (Fran'ois-Xavier Taxil via SWNS) A species of fly "sacrifices" its sight after finding a host to live on, reveals new research. The blood-feeding parasitic insect loses visual sensitivity after finding a host and permanently giving…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago  (834+ words) Pigeons find their way home by using magnetic sensors in their livers, suggests new research. Immune cells packed with iron act as an "internal compass" " helping the birds detect the Earth's magnetic field, say German scientists. How pigeons fly hundreds…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (852+ words) Mule Deer crossing the road in front of a car in Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge, in Denver. (Dr. Dave Kenny via SWNS) Animals in the wild are changing their behavior after watching humans, reveals new research. Up to…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (803+ words) The shape of the tooth suggests that Camurodon borealis was likely a herbivore. (Shelley et al. via SWNS) Three newly discovered species reveal how ancient mammals survived extreme weather conditions in the Arctic millions of years ago. While the Arctic…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (15+ words) The Laconia Daily Sun...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (417+ words) A rare species of bird said to be the guardian of King Arthur's soul has returned to Tintagel Castle " for the first time in 100 years. Red-billed choughs have been spotted at the historic site in Cornwall where they were considered…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (717+ words) Two long-finned pilot whales with recorders. (CIRCE via SWNS) Pilot whales are having to shout louder to be heard over deafening noise from shipping, reveals new research. The underwater sound from ships' engines in the Strait of Gibraltar is the…...

4+ week, 13+ hour ago  (773+ words) Scorpions' fearsome sting and pincers are fortified with metal, reveals new research. Scientists have uncovered the distribution and scale of metal enrichment among the deadly arthropods' weapons for the first time. Scorpions wield some of the natural world's most formidable…...

1+ mon, 12+ hour ago  (374+ words) Wild parrots quickly learn to eat new foods by copying their feathered friends, reveals new research. They grasp whether different types of food are safe to eat by observing other members of their social group, according to the findings published…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (678+ words) Giant species such as saber-tooth tigers triggered "ripple effects" still felt today when they vanished thousands of years ago, say scientists. Many of the world's largest mammals " also including woolly mammoths plus giant sloths and wombats " became extinct between 50, 000 and…...