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Plants Yell When They’re Stressed Out
Researchers in Israel have found that tomato and tobacco plants that are dealing with stress factors make a popping sound…
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Animals Men Think They Can Beat in a Fight and Why They Can’t
Some old timey dude preparing to lose a fight to a kangaroo in London in 1931.Photo: Fox Photos/Hulton Archive (Getty…
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An Animal Friendship Thought to Have Ended 250 Million Years Ago Is Still Flourishing Off the Coast of Japan
Off the southwest coast of Japan, a group of animals has been coexisting in a close relationship that researchers thought…
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This Worm Has 100 Butts
In Greek mythology, the hydra is a creature with many heads. In Norse mythology, Odin rides Sleipnir—a horse with many…
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Polar Bear and Grizzly Bear Hybrids May Be Growing More Common Because of the Climate Crisis
Image: Guy Clavel/AFP and Dani Pozo/AFP (Getty Images) What do you get when you cross a polar bear and a…
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Distinct Species of Ermines Have Been Hiding in Plain Sight
An ermine with its white winter fur. Image: Forest Service Northern Region Arguably the cutest member of the weasel family,…
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Geneticists Get Closer to a Complete Axolotl Genome
An axolotl in a regenerative therapy lab in Dresden in 2015.Photo: ROBERT MICHAEL/AFP (Getty Images) Its adorableness aside, the Mexican…
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These Mutant Rabbits Walk on Two Legs, and Geneticists Now Know Why
A sauteur d’Alfort rabbit walking on its front feet, the result of a genetic mutation.Photo: S. Boucher An entire lineage…
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Mysterious Bald Eagle Killer Finally Identified
Photo: Doug Pensinger (Getty Images) In a new study out Thursday, scientists say they’ve solved the mystery of a neurological…
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7 ‘Extinct’ Species That Eventually Reappeared
Methuselah, the date palm resurrected from a 1,900-year-old seed.Image: Wikimedia Commons (Fair Use) We know, we know. It’s not fauna.…
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