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Chimpanzees began picking out crystals from ordinary rocks and carrying them to their beds until researchers realized they wouldn’t give them back without something in return
6+ hour, 20+ min ago (566+ words) Our preferences are deep-rooted traits that evolved over time. We have been studying our closest primate cousins to better understand ourselves. One recent finding has detailed how chimpanzees prefer crystals to normal rocks. But science has struggled to understand why,…...
After years and thousands lost, hundreds of elephants crossed back into Africa's oldest national park and started rebuilding it from the ground up
2+ hour, 20+ min ago (559+ words) For years, Belgian anti-poaching pilot Anthony Caere flew over Virunga's forests and saw nothing but rebels below. No animals. Just armed insurgents in one of Africa's most contested landscapes. Now, for the first time in decades, the view has changed....
No brain, no neurons — yet this single-celled organism just passed a complex learning test
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (539+ words) Even the most seemingly simple cells are capable of complexity. For generations, we have been studying the microscopic cells of the world to gain a better understanding of how life operates. But finding that a single-celled organism is capable of…...
How you handle the cold this winter may reveal if you carry DNA from ancient human ancestors
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (616+ words) Credits: Planet Volumes, Rabah Al Shammary, The Pulse Internal edition Winter may reveal a significant part of your DNA. Whenever the icy cold weather rears its ugly head, most of us struggle to keep warm. But for a select few,…...
For over 100 years this animal had completely vanished from Ohio until scientists captured something no one expected to see again
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (665+ words) For generations, it was simply gone. Not rare. Not declining. Completely absent. Entire ecosystems had adapted to life without it, and most people had never even heard of it. Over time, it became more of a memory than a living…...
Experts discover that monkeys have complex social hierarchies and their appetite for risk rises and falls with their rank
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (585+ words) Credits: Frederic Lo Brutto Monkeys exhibit many traits that are similar to our own. Experts have been studying animal life to reveal some remarkable truths about the wildlife that populates our planet. And what one researcher has found about monkeys…...
What looked like a rare moment on a road turned into something unforgettable when a grandmother elephant did something no one expected at the very end
5+ day, 6+ hour ago (735+ words) It starts like something out of a dream. A quiet road. A car slowing down. Then, out of nowhere, a herd of elephants appears, calmly making their way across. You stop, of course. Anyone would. Not just because it's the…...
For over 80 years Yellowstone’s forests quietly stopped growing and no one really knew why until one decision in 1995 slowly began to change everything
5+ day, 10+ hour ago (572+ words) Back in the early 1930s, gray wolves (Canis lupus) had completely disappeared from Yellowstone National Park. They had been hunted out, pushed away, and eventually erased from the ecosystem. At first, it didn't seem like a huge deal. But over time,…...
Scientists dive into the Pacific coast searching for minerals and end up discovering more than 100 new living species including a deep-sea squid that buries itself upside-down
3+ week, 1+ day ago (561+ words) Credits: File, representative image, The Pulse Internal edition The Pacific coast is much more "alive" than previously thought. As we as a species advance, technology has been evolving along with us, sometimes unearthing amazing discoveries that can forever alter our…...
Researchers went to Lasson Park in California to take water samples — They didn't imagine discovering a "fire" single-celled organism living at extreme temperatures
3+ week, 2+ day ago (537+ words) Lasson Park in California is home to a wide variety of wildlife, from huge beasts to tiny microorganisms. But a "fire" single-celled organism recently discovered has set the scientific community down a path of change. As science progresses, along with…...