Monkeyadded this to Caravan MonkeyScience Dog owners four times more likely to meet weekly exercise levelsThe Telegraph - By Sarah KnaptonDogs are keeping Britain active, with owners far more likely to meet weekly exercise targets than people without pets, new research shows. Researchers from the University of Liverpool found that overall
mthungeradded this to Court of LeavesWhales We finally know what sharks are afraid ofbgr.com - Mike Wehner If you were given a few seconds to name a sea creature you wouldn’t want to run into during a swim on the beach there’s a good chance you’d arrive at …
The Evening Standardadded this to The Evening StandardLifestyle (UK) Extraordinary Insects by Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson reviewstandard.co.uk - Charles Foster ES Lifestyle newsletter The latest lifestyle, fashion and travel trends The latest lifestyle, fashion and travel trends Update newsletter …
BBC Newsadded this to Top StoriesWorld News 'Giant lion' fossil found in Kenya museum drawerbbc.co.uk A new species of giant mammal has been identified after researchers investigated bones that had been kept for decades in a Kenyan museum drawer.
rye_breadadded this to Green Ideas / Nature / Wildlife Identity Glowing genitalia reveal the identity of mysterious millipedessciencemag.org - Helen Santoro Some insects are easy to tell apart. Others, not so much. Some flat-backed millipedes in the genus Pseudopolydesmus look almost identical regardless …
Professor Futon Spooninadded this to These Are A Few Of Our Favorite ThingsSkin Sea snake and elephant skin have a trick in commonfuturity.org - Rachel Wayne-Florida Both elephants and yellow-bellied sea snakes have skin that can create a water sheath around the animal, research finds. In addition, sea snake skin …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoWildlife Research on wildlifesciencemag.org - science.sciencemag.org The use of animals in research has gained increasing attention and regulation, with the use of animals in laboratories now monitored by institutions …
Science Flies smell through a Gore-Tex systemphys.org - Science X staff A research group led by a scientist of the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) has gained important insights into the nanopores that …
bbeora williamsadded this to Learn Something New Killer Whales Great white sharks are really afraid of killer whales. Here's why. - ScienceMashableThe great white shark. One of the most feared sea creatures in our time. Films have been made to depict its monstrosity. The very thought of the shark swimming in the sea can send shivers to anyone's Naturally,
vegpwradded this to Cool Articles With No HomeFlorida Panhandle Great white shark weighing 1,668 pounds spotted off Florida Panhandle, researchers sayFox News - Stephen SoraceA 1,688-pound female great white shark called Miss Costa was spotted this week swimming in the Gulf of Mexico off the Florida panhandle, according to researchers A transmitter on the sub-adult shark “pinged”
HHatem Zaghlouladded this to Middle East And The WorldFish We scanned one of our closest cousins, the coelacanth, to learn how its brain growstheconversation.com - Hugo Dutel and John Long and and and There’s a lot that’s fascinating about the coelacanth Latimeria. Now under threat, this deep-sea fish is closely related to humans and other …
mthungeradded this to Court of LeavesScience Who is this alien? Why, it's the psychedelic frogfish.Mashable - Mark Kaufman"Who’s this alien?" is Mashable’s enduring series about the exceptionally peculiar critters that inhabit a relatively small, ocean-dominated world in the outer realms of the Milky Way galaxy, called Earth.
Professor Futon Spooninadded this to These Are A Few Of Our Favorite ThingsExtinction Has an animal ever evolved itself into extinction?sciencefocus.com - Luis Villazon It’s quite hard for a predator to drive itself extinct simply by being such a good hunter that it eats all of the available prey. Normally, evolution …
C.J.added this to Random InsanityWhales Great White Sharks Are Terrified of Killer Whales, Study FindsGeek - By Genevieve Scarano Since the premiere of Jaws in movie theaters, the great white shark has been one of the most feared animals on the planet. However, the great white …
KKevin Lavigneadded this to Genetics & evolutionFish Fish that outlived dinosaurs reveals secrets of ancient skull evolutionphys.org - Science X staff A new study into one of the world's oldest types of fish, Coelacanth, provides fresh insights into the development of the skull and brain of …
WWayne Neumannadded this to MScience108Catfish Scientists use ‘x-ray vision’ to see how catfish nab preyfuturity.org - Mollie Rappe-Brown Scientists used a powerful X-ray imaging system to discover how catfish move joints throughout their head in a concerted manner to suck in their prey. …
TTigadded this to My Most LikedScience Garbage mitochondria may contribute to Alzheimer’s diseasemassivesci.com You may recall from a distant high-school science class that mitochondria are the "powerhouse of the cell." This organelle is essential because it …
The Hindu Groupadded this to BusinessLineAlgorithms New algorithm may save animals from toxic testingthehindubusinessline.com - PTI Using animals to test the toxicity of chemicals may soon become outdated, thanks to scientists who have developed a low-cost, high-speed algorithm to …
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News (China) Monkey human gene experiment approved by ethics boardchinadaily.com.cn - 陈子琰 An experiment conducted by Chinese and US scientists on improving monkeys' cognitive function has been found to follow international animal rights …
Patrick Moore PATRICK MOORE condensedstanford.edu - sepwww.stanford.edu A founder and long insider at Greenpeace gives us a fascinating 45 minute lecture with a 15 page transcript. For your pleasure I savagely cut the 15 …
Jayadded this to This WorldGeek Puppy Rescued From California Canyon Turns Out to Be… Not a PuppyGeek - By Stephanie Valera An abandoned puppy gave its would-be rescuers a surprise when it turned out it wasn’t a puppy at all — it was a coyote. Humane Society officers …
Fox Newsadded this to Top StoriesScience Bloodsucking worms found in Florida rattlesnake species alarm researchers: It's a 'nasty situation'Fox News - Jennifer EarlWhile examining a deceased pygmy rattlesnake last summer, a Florida professor and a biology fellow were stunned as they watched wiggling parasitic worms slowly emerge from the serpent's open mouth. Dr.
JJoeadded this to good..bad...and ugly...Permafrost ‘Disaster worse than Chernobyl’ looms as ancient anthrax spores could be blasted into the sky by ‘frozen me...Fox News - The SunPrehistoric diseases laying dormant in ancient ice could soon be unleashed due to climate change. Cities built on permafrost in Russia are now seeing temperatures which could destroy their infrastructure
bbryan keithadded this to Helpful Information Great White Shark MIT researchers discovered a way to move objects as heavy as a great white shark with your bare hands. Take a look.Business Insider - Aria BendixThe megalithic structures at Stonehenge have vowed visitors for centuries, but scholars are still working to discover how they got there in the first place. It seems almost inconceivable that humans could
vegpwradded this to Cool Articles With No HomeWorld News Look What the Cat Dragged In: ParasitesThe New York Times - By JOANNA KLEINYou got a kitten. Congratulations! You’ve joined the club of more than 36 million Americans with pet cats. Now, will your kitty be an indoor cat or an outdoor cat? You may want to keep it indoors, suggests
vegpwradded this to Cool Articles With No HomeAnimals How Sentient Are Animals? Emotional Evidence Offers CluesInverse - By Emily Birch, The Conversation From crying elephants to giggling rats. Years ago, we believed that we weren’t animals and that animals were here solely for our use. Indeed, a cow …
Professor Futon Spooninadded this to These Are A Few Of Our Favorite ThingsDogs Animal Behavior Study Discovers Your Dog May Be Lying to You!theepochtimes.com - Louise Bevan We trust our dogs, don’t we? Our loyal companions. Man’s best friend? Well, if a 2017 study in animal behavior is to be believed, our …
TPFadded this to AMAZING CREATURES: BIG AND SMALL. WILD AND DOMESTICATEDScience Exploding Aphids Plaster Holes in Their Home With Bodily FluidsThe Atlantic - Ed YongIn an extreme version of the clotting process, the bugs suicidally erupt to save their nest. If you’ve ever complained about DIY home repairs, spare a thought for the colonial aphid, Nipponaphis monzeni,
TPFadded this to 🗞BREAKING & NOTABLE WORLD NEWS... & STORIES WHICH YOU MAY HAVE MISSEDScience The Least Popular Birds in the U.S. Deserve Some LoveThe Atlantic - Rachel GutmanThey may be small, drab, and shy, but somebody’s got to stand up for them. When I was in sixth grade, the cool girls at my school drew up a document they called the popularity pyramid. Everyone was sorted
