WEIRD ANIMALS
The species had survived droughts before, but human interference was the final nail in the mega-sized coffin. Humans once lived alongside megafauna such as this elephant bird, giant lemurs, dwarf hippos and giant tortoises on Madagascar. (Public domain via Wikimedia Commons) – By …
Winner in the Animal Portraits category: The Pose. A young male proboscis monkey cocks his head slightly and closes his eyes. Mogens Trolle/Wildlife Photographer of the Year – By Loz Blain 2020 Oct 17 – After more than 49,000 entries were whittled down to …
Morganucodon (left) and Kuehneotherium (right) hunting in Early Jurassic Wales 200 million years ago – By Amy Woodyatt, CNN Updated 11:05 AM ET, Mon 2020 Oct 12 – Earth’s earliest mammals spent their lives at a more leisurely pace than their modern counterparts, …
A father’s pride: Hatchlings cling to a male gharial’s back in India’s National Chambal Sanctuary. Image copyright – Dhritiman Mukherjee/WPY/NHM – By Jonathan Amos BBC Science Correspondent Published 2020 Sep 01 – Related Topics Wildlife Photographer of the Year – How many crocodiles …
The goggles are both a camera and a display. Image copyright: Command Sight / US Army – BBC News Published 2020 Oct 09 – The US Army has shown off augmented reality goggles for combat dogs, designed to let them receive orders …
A Missouri Department of Conservation employee photographed a large orb weaver spiderweb while out on a trail near Springfield. – By Lauren M. Johnson, CNN Updated Sat 2020 Oct 03 – A Missouri Department of Conservation employee snapped a photograph of a huge …
Threats to global biodiversity are also threats to humans, experts warn. Smoke rises from a fire in the Amazon rainforest, south of Novo Progresso in the Para state, Brazil. (Photo by CARL DE SOUZA / AFP / Getty Images) – By Nora McGreevy, …
How do bees, birds, whales and eels have the ability to sense the Earth’s magnetic field? New research article lays out the latest evidence. zizar/Depositphotos – By Rich Haridy 2020 Sep 20 – One of the most persistent scientific mysteries over the past century …
Archaeologists investigate an ancient habitation site in western Mongolia, seeking clues to the early history of domestic horses. William Taylor, CC BY-ND – By William Taylor, Assistant Professor and Curator of Archaeology, University of Colorado Boulder 2020 Mar 02 – In the increasingly …
The number of dead birds is in the six figures, a university biologist says. –By Alaa Elassar, CNN Updated 9:19 PM ET, Mon 2020 Sep 14 – Biologists at New Mexico State University are trying to find out why hundreds of thousands of …
