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Visual impairment doesn't keep these birders out of the hobby
6+ hour, 51+ min ago (33+ words) The phrase "bird watching" does not take in the full range of people who love searching for wild birds. We meet a few of the many visually impaired birders who use their ears....
Researchers find evidence for possibly the largest invertebrates " colossal octopuses
4+ week, 1+ day ago (68+ words) Fossil research shows that an enormous "kraken-like" octopus stalked the seas during the Cretaceous period, competing with large apex predators. - On Air Now Playing 88. 9 Bowling Green | 89. 5 Owensboro | 89. 7 Somerset | 90. 9 Elizabethtown Researchers find evidence for possibly the largest invertebrates " colossal octopuses Fossil…...
Instead of civil war, a naked mole rat colony changed queens peacefully
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (917+ words) When the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in San Diego got their first naked mole rat colony in 2019, the researchers named them the "amigos" " Spanish for "friends." Naked mole rats are subterranean mammals native to East Africa. Since the 1960s, scientists…...
Vaccinating bats could be good for people. But how do you vaccinate a bat?
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (735+ words) Here's a question you might never have asked yourself: How do you vaccinate a bat? You can't simply ask your local vet. Nor will the bats line up outside of a clinic on their own. But a group of Chinese…...
Punch the macaque, an internet sensation, is making strides in monkey society
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (312+ words) A super-cute baby monkey clinging to a stuffed animal for comfort caught the internet's eye last month. The little Japanese macaque is named Punch. His mother abandoned him, so the zoo where Punch lives in Japan gave him a stuffed…...
In Lebanon, a college campus welcomes cats abandoned in war
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (58+ words) At the American University of Beirut where up to 1, 600 rescued cats roam the campus. - On Air Now Playing 88. 9 Bowling Green | 89. 5 Owensboro | 89. 7 Somerset | 90. 9 Elizabethtown In Lebanon, a college campus welcomes cats abandoned in war At the American University of Beirut where…...
Black bear populations are bouncing back. Here's how these Texas towns are coping
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (828+ words) ALPINE, Texas " In one of the most remote corners of Texas, Matt Hewitt is unlocking the door to a giant steel trap he's hoping will catch a black bear. "It's completely empty," Hewitt says, as he reaches for a bucket…...
How to scare off hungry gulls
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (94+ words) Neeltje Boogert, an associate professor at the University of Exeter in the U. K. , is the senior author of a new scientific study about how to best scare away gulls, out now from the Royal Society. - On Air Now Playing 88. 9 Bowling Green…...
Scientists pull ancient RNA from a wooly mammoth's body
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (1156+ words) It was 2012 when Love Dal'n, a paleogeneticist at Stockholm University, first laid eyes upon a special specimen on a lab table in eastern Siberia. "Our Russian collaborators said, 'Come here into this room,'" he recalls. "We walked in and there's…...
Elderly penguins live a happy life on 'geriatric island' at the New England Aquarium
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (586+ words) A team of scientists "at the New England Aquarium in Boston recently created a retirement home for a flock of older penguins. The idea behind "geriatric island" is to build a more relaxed environment for aging African penguins away from…...