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Wild Chimps Get Drunk on a Daily Basis, Scientists Find
2+ hour, 24+ min ago (224+ words) Wild Chimps Get Drunk on a Daily Basis, Scientists Find'VICE A new study found that wild chimpanzees in Uganda are eating fermented fruit, and they're metabolizing the alcohol. Getting wasted on booze seems like a uniquely human trait, but a…...
These Baby Butterflies Speak Ant—and Use It to Trick the Colony Into Taking Care of Them
7+ hour, 35+ min ago (121+ words) These Baby Butterflies Speak Ant'and Use It to Trick the Colony Into Taking Care of Them'VICE A new study suggests that some butterfly caterpillars infiltrate ant colonies by mimicking the scent and sounds of ants. A new study published inthe…...
The Oldest Butthole Ever Found Is a 290-Million-Year-Old Fossil
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (182+ words) It's a butthole. It's functional. It's unglamorous. It's also a weirdly useful clue about how early reptiles were built. That's why the potential cloaca imprint is the star. Near the base of the tail, the fossil shows a narrow slit-like…...
Lion Trafficker Convicted Using DNA Evidence in World First: Everything We Know
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (301+ words) In a legal first that could reshape the fight against wildlife trafficking, a court in Zimbabwe has secured a conviction for lion poaching using DNA evidence from a single animal. Forensic science has been helping human investigators find perpetrators of…...
A Fly-Tipping Dog Has Been Caught by Sicilian Police. Here's How to Train Your Own
6+ day, 1+ hour ago (645+ words) We asked a dog behavior charity how to train an animal for crime. A beautiful, viral-ready video that says something unique about the zeitgeist hits our feeds every couple of days. Something of a rarer phenomenon? A fly-tipping dog. This…...
A Shark Was Filmed in Antarctic Waters for the First Time Ever
1+ week, 7+ hour ago (435+ words) Luis is a Topical Writer for VICE. He was a Weekly Columnist and a Senior Columns Editor for the comedy site'Cracked.com, and a Staff Writer and Editor for the celebrity lifestyle and wellness satire site'BunnyEars.com. He is a…...
You Have to Watch This Very Good Dog Try to Win an Olympic Ski Race
1+ week, 22+ hour ago (241+ words) In the middle of an Olympic cross-country ski qualifier, just as athletes pushed through the homestretch with lungs on fire, fully ready collapse in exhaustion as the cross-country skiers often do once they crossed the finish line, a new competitor…...
Arkansas Once Had So Many Sharks It's Now a Shark Skeleton Hot Spot
1+ week, 5+ day ago (411+ words) Luis is a Topical Writer for VICE. He was a Weekly Columnist and a Senior Columns Editor for the comedy site'Cracked.com, and a Staff Writer and Editor for the celebrity lifestyle and wellness satire site'BunnyEars.com. He is a…...
Why Do Humans Have Chins? We're the Only Species That Does.
1+ week, 5+ day ago (221+ words) Chins are useless but they can make us look ridiculous if we have too much or not enough. According to new research, that knobby slab of bone jutting from our lower jaw is more than just a bit of angular…...
8 Parasites That Do Absolutely Insane Things to Their Animal Hosts
1+ week, 6+ day ago (510+ words) Thank god we're not ants. Parasites get a bad rap for freeloading. Fair. Some of them also run the weirdest behavior-change programs on Earth, basically turning animals into rideshare drivers for their own life cycle." Here are eight parasites that…...