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WebOne Fungus Has Caused More Extinctions Than Any Other Infectious Disease. Some Toads Have Found a Way to Survive It
1+ hour, 18+ min ago (784+ words) Across the world, entire species of frogs and toads are being wiped out by a relentless fungal infection, commonly known as the chytrid fungus. For most amphibians, the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis is a death sentence. It's caused more global species…...
Endangered Australian Frog Discovered to Shimmer Like an Opal
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (782+ words) Nature can hide some of its more spectacular displays in the weirdest places. At first glance, Australia's endangered green and golden bell frog (Ranoidea aurea) looks pretty much like any normal frog – a little more patterned than the usual Australian…...
An Entirely New Monkey Species Has Been Hiding in The Congo Rainforest
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (177+ words) When biologists discover a new species in the 21st century, it's usually because they've run new DNA analysis, peered more closely down the microscope, or collected specimens from far beyond the human comfort zone....
Humans Have a 'Sixth Sense' You've Probably Never Heard Of – And It Appears to Be Key For Mental Health
6+ day, 13+ hour ago (385+ words) We all know that humans have five senses....
A 'War' Between Elephants And Humans Is Brewing in Southern Africa
1+ week, 13+ hour ago (715+ words) Which footprint is bigger? An elephant's or a human's? It depends on how you measure it. As humanity leaves its mark on more of the African savanna, we are increasingly stepping on the toes of wild elephants. Researchers in the…...
A Whole New Species of Giant Dinosaur Has Just Been Identified
1+ week, 1+ day ago (654+ words) The popular image of paleontology is a scientist in shorts and a wide-brimmed hat, dramatically uncovering a magnificent, intact skeleton from desert sands. The reality is that most prehistoric remains are isolated. A tooth here. A phalanx there. But to…...
First-Ever Footage of Haunting Barreleye Fish Captured Deep Beneath The Atlantic
1+ week, 1+ day ago (810+ words) Deep beneath the oceans' crashing waves lies a hidden landscape more alien than many of us could ever dream. Below the Atlantic Ocean lies the Doldrums Megatransform and Fracture Zone, a remote labyrinth of tectonic fractures where Earth's crust is…...
The Size of Cephalopod Brains Seems Curiously Related to Their Habitat
1+ week, 1+ day ago (875+ words) Biologists have long believed that having a large brain, relative to your body, might go hand-in-hand with being part of a particularly social species. This is called the social brain hypothesis, and it holds up pretty well for a particular…...
Alien-Like Reproductive Strategy Found in 125-Million-Year-Old Fossil
1+ week, 5+ day ago (209+ words) Nature has imbued its mothers with many surprisingly strange ways to reproduce and care for their babies....
Earliest Evidence of Spider Fangs Discovered in Half-Billion-Year-Old Fossils
2+ week, 1+ day ago (230+ words) Scared of spiders? Well, if you ever travel back in time, here's the critter you'll need to squish....