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Lion King Lied. We Had the Lion-Hyena Rivalry Backwards. It's the Male Lions Who Are Looking for Trouble
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (646+ words) GPS collars reveal hyenas retreating while male lions repeatedly close the distance....
Snake Embryos Almost Always Twist the Same Way Inside the Egg, and Scientists Think They Know Why
1+ week, 3+ day ago (670+ words) Inside the egg, a growing snake appears to obey a surprisingly simple rule. Can a snake be left-handed or right-handed? We’re not talking in the same way you or I would favor a hand, of course. But before a snake…...
Hermit crabs and cockroaches are acting as gardeners for a parasitic plant
1+ week, 5+ day ago (294+ words) The fungus depends on a cast of unlikely helpers. In the humid, coastal forests of Japan’s Ishigaki Island, near Okinawa, a parasitic plant relies on some unusual allies to spread its seeds: land hermit crabs and cockroaches, according to a…...
This Tiny Brazilian Toad Became the First Amphibian Ever to Halt a Hydroelectric Dam. Now, It Faces a Climate Disaster
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (242+ words) A rare toad changed the fate of a river by becoming the first amphibian to halt a hydroelectric dam. It's now in trouble....
How Animals Prepare for War Long Before the Fighting Starts
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1030+ words) From ants to apes, social species scout, bond, raid and retreat before conflict. Long before a major fight between groups of animals begins, a chimpanzee patrol may climb a hill and fall quiet. Dwarf mongooses slow their pace and post…...
This Detached Sea Cucumber Limb Has Been Living on Its Own For More Than Three Years
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (822+ words) Stuck between life and death, this foot consumes nutrients, heals itself, and grows, but doesn’t turn into a whole new organism. A detached body part is supposed to decay and eventually die. However, scientists have now discovered a remarkable exception…...
Birds Masturbate More Often Than We Thought and Scientists Say It's Completely Normal
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (1148+ words) A new evolutionary analysis suggests the behavior appears across many bird groups Many bird owners have seen it and wondered whether something was wrong. A parrot rubs against a perch in a way that looks unmistakably sexual. Or maybe a…...
Some Plant Receptor Helps Beans Detect Caterpillars and Call in Wasp Bodyguards
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (213+ words) Common beans use a leaf receptor to turn caterpillar spit into a wasp-attracting scent....
Scientists Are Using Animal Poop to Save One of the World’s Rarest Marsupials
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (702+ words) Saving Gilbert’s potoroo means finding habitats rich in the underground fungi it eats. Gilbert’s potoroo, a rabbit-sized marsupial once thought extinct, survives in only a few protected pockets. It doesn’t eat like most animals. More than 90% of its diet consists…...
A 121-Million-Year-Old Bird Was Already Peacocking Before Peacocks Existed
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (184+ words) New fossil suggests bird courtship displays are at least 121 million years old....