It’s OK to feed wild birds – here are some tips for doing it the right way
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New Feathered Carnivorous Dinosaur Found in New Mexico
Dineobellator was a formidable predator and boasts the battle scars to prove it. Reconstruction of Dineobellator notohesperus and other dinosaurs from the Ojo Alamo Formation at the end of the Cretaceous Period in New Mexico by Sergey Krasovskiy. This reconstruction shows three Dineobellator …
Borneo’s Mammals Face a Deadly Mix of Logging and Climate Change
But adding small amounts of land to already protected areas could help save the island’s biodiversity. The western tarsier, a rare primate species, has lost large amounts of its Borneo habitat to logging. More of that habitat is likely to disappear because of …
Extraordinary fossil isolates the moment fish began evolving fingers
By Loz Blain – An artist’s impression of Elpistostege as it may have looked nearly 400 million years ago. Katrina Kenny. – Described as “the missing evolutionary link in the fish to tetrapod transition,” a fascinating Canadian fossil reveals an ancient fish species with …
The hungry gut bacteria that enable waxworms to live on plastic waste
By Nick Lavars – Scientists have found that gut bacteria in waxworms is a key driver of their appetite for plastic. Brandon University. – Plastic pollution is a monumental issue and one that isn’t going away anytime soon, but researchers are opening …
Study finds dogs’ noses can detect heat like an infrared sensor
By Nick Lavars – A new study has revealed that dogs can sense radiant heat using their noses. loriklaszlo/Depositphotos. – It is well known that dogs boast an incredible sense of smell, but new research has uncovered another way our four-legged friends use their …
Malnourished bugs: Higher CO2 levels make plants less nutritious, hurting insect populations
By Ellen Welti, Postdoctoral Researcher of Biology, University of Oklahoma – Grasshoppers, like many insects around the world, are declining. Dave Rintoul, CC BY-ND. – The big idea – Grasshopper populations, like those of many other insects, are declining. My colleagues and I …
Hummingbird-sized dinosaur skull preserved in 99-million-year-old amber
By David Szondy – A CT scan of the skull of Oculudentavis, which means eye-tooth-bird, so named for its distinctive features. Lars Schmitz. – A tiny, 99-million-year-old skull found in a piece of Burmese amber in Myanmar may not only be the smallest known …
The Only Known Albino Orangutan Is Doing Great After Her Release to the Wild
Alba, who was captured and caged in 2017, underwent nearly two years of rehabilitation. (BOSF 2020/Indrayana) – By Brigit Katz, SmithsonianMag.Com – Last month, conservationists released three rehabilitated orangutans into Indonesia’s Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park. While monitoring one of the primates, …
Pesticides may cause abnormal brain growth in bumblebees
By Anthony Wood – A foraging bumblebee. Tara Cox / Imperial College London. – Pesticide contamination may be responsible for triggering abnormal brain development in baby bumblebees, according to the results of a new scientific paper. Researchers scanned the brains of 92 worker bees …