WEIRD ANIMALS
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 …
Rory Sullivan, CNN 2020 Sep 12 – A colorful Mediterranean parrotfish “smiles” at the camera, a raccoon’s hind legs and tail poke out of a tree and a young seal appears to be having a great time while resting on some wood. – …
A leatherback sea turtle pauses for air on its long migration. Connie Merigo (NMFS Permit #1557-03), CC BY-NC-ND – By Kara Dodge, Postdoctoral Investigator in Biology, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 2015 Mar 11 – Imagine yourself swimming in the Sargasso Sea in the …
Wildlife is under pressure from habitat loss, including deforestation. Image copyright Getty Images – By Helen Briggs BBC Environment correspondent 2020 Sep 10 – Wildlife populations have fallen by more than two-thirds in less than 50 years, according to a major report …
Scientists have found a potential new weapon against breast cancer in the venom of honeybees. Nowhereman/Depositphotos – By Nick Lavars 2020 Sep 01 – The natural world is full of compounds that can do us harm, but medical scientists continue to show us how …
Deceased post-hatchling loggerhead sea turtle next to plastic pieces found in its stomach and intestines. Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, CC BY-ND – Authors David Duffy, Assistant Professor of Wildlife Disease Genomics, University of Florida Catherine Eastman, Sea Turtle Hospital Program Coordinator, Whitney Laboratory …
