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WebElephants Just Passed a Classic Psychology Test – With More Restraint Than Many Humans
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (444+ words) After a long day at work, it can be a struggle to resist the urge to just order food delivery instead of checking the fridge first....
'Impossible': This Tiny Animal Can Pass Radiation Damage to Its Offspring – And Repair It Over Generations
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (1294+ words) In the mosses and lichens of the world – the in-between places, where living conditions rapidly fluctuate – lives a tiny animal with an extraordinary survival skill. No, not tardigrades – it's their much weirder housemate, the bdelloid rotifer. Just like tardigrades, bdelloid…...
Mysterious Viper With a 'Spider' For a Tail Reveals Another Surprise
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (531+ words) A number of creatures on Earth possess a sting in their tails – but there's only one animal known to science with a spider for a tail....
Ancient DNA Reveals The 'American Cheetah' Wasn't a Cheetah at All
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (441+ words) The Ice Age movies get one major thing right: Climate shifts and glaciation caused profound animal migrations and evolutionary adaptations – though it's uncertain if any of them resulted from an acorn-burying saber-toothed squirrel splitting a continent. During the Pleistocene epoch,…...
Squid Are Taking Over The Ocean – And Not For The Reason You Might Think
1+ week, 7+ hour ago (347+ words) We've made some drastic changes to ocean ecosystems in the past century....
Only Cats Are Linked to Worse Mental Health in Young Kids, Study Finds
1+ week, 11+ hour ago (752+ words) Parents strive to support their children's physical and mental well-being, whether it's constant cross-town drives to karate, mashing a million peas, or absorbing countless CoComelon marathons. Adopting a pet is another common practice, but is there any science to support…...
Mesmerizing Video Reveals a Rare Ocean Ecosystem at The Edge of a Greenland Glacier
1+ week, 12+ hour ago (321+ words) This Earth of ours still holds untold wonders, even if it can sometimes feel like we've seen it all....
Antique 'Fox Head' Bought at Auction Wasn't a Fox at All. It Was a Long-Extinct Species.
1+ week, 2+ day ago (1195+ words) With its googly eyes, lumpy forehead, and awkward almost-smile, the strange, taxidermied fox head at the antique market was funny enough to throw down 50 quid on. When the buyer later sold it at auction, they were stunned to see it…...
Scientists Find Parasites in Almost Every Fish From a Recent Tuna Haul – 96% Were Infected
1+ week, 2+ day ago (577+ words) A fatty tuna that is often used for sashimi or canning may be swimming with parasites more often than not....
Haunting Encounter With Rare Bigfin Squid Caught 2 Miles Under The Waves
1+ week, 3+ day ago (663+ words) In the liminal darkness of the water column deep under the sea, an entire ecosystem thrives....