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Snakes on trains: King cobras are ‘hopping railways’ to unsuitable habitats in India

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King cobras are the world’s longest venomous snakes. So, imagine seeing one a few feet away as you embark on a train in India. The Western Ghats King Cobra (Ophiophagus kaalinga)—a vulnerable king cobra species […]

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Meerkat sunning calls may act as ‘vocal grooming’ for social bonding

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As the sun rises over the Kalahari Desert, meerkat groups emerge from their burrows and gather closely, turning their bodies toward the warmth of the early light. These quiet morning moments are more than a […]

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The devastation of island land snails: Pacific leads global wave of extinctions, researchers find

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A comprehensive new review paper reveals the staggering loss of biodiversity among island land snails globally. Lead author Robert Cowie of the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa’s School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology […]

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Bromacker regurgitalite reveals what an early land predator spit up 290 million years ago

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New research conducted by paleontologists from the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and the CNRS (France) documents the earliest occurrence of a fossilized regurgitation produced by a strictly terrestrial predator from the early […]

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One of Earth’s most abundant organisms is surprisingly fragile

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A group of ocean bacteria long considered perfectly adapted to life in nutrient-poor waters may be more vulnerable to environmental change than scientists realized. The bacteria, known as SAR11, dominate surface seawater worldwide and can […]

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Corals’ boldest cousins: Zoantharians bend the laws of evolution

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In the realm of marine biogeography, there is a widely held scientific principle: the Atlantic and Indo-Pacific oceans are worlds apart. If you dive in Brazil and then in Okinawa, you expect to see entirely […]

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Baby dinosaurs were common prey for Late Jurassic predators, reconstructed food web suggests

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Babies and very young sauropods—the long-necked, long-tailed plant-eaters that in adulthood were the largest animals to have ever walked on land—were a key food sustaining predators in the Late Jurassic, according to a new study […]

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Study shows insect farming byproduct boosts soil health, reduces crop damage

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With insect farming projected to produce millions of tons of insects in the coming years, Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station researchers offer evidence that the insect farming byproduct called “frass” can improve soil health and reduce […]

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Scientists marvel at a Galapagos seabird that wandered 3,000 miles to California

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Scientists on a research vessel off the central California coast spotted a waved albatross, marking just the second recorded sighting of the bird north of Central America.This post was originally published on this site

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Wolves and other predators present ‘a crisis,’ California’s environment chief says

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On Jan. 27, California lawmakers took initial steps toward addressing the public safety concerns posed by the state’s growing populations of wolves, mountain lions and other predators—issues the state’s top environmental official called a crisis.This […]

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    English pubs will receive a 15% discount on their business rates from April this year. The government deal, which also applies to music venues, follows a backlash from landlords who were facing a steep increase [...]
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