Tag Archives: your-feed-animals

The New York Times 3:00 pm on June 7, 2021
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This Tiny Creature Survived 24,000 Years Frozen in Siberian Permafrost

The microscopic animals were frozen when woolly mammoths still roamed the planet, but were restored as though no time had passed.

#animals, #current-biology-journal, #microbiology, #research, #siberia, #temperature, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

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The New York Times 9:00 am on June 4, 2021
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What Has Four Legs, a Trunk and a Behavioral Database?

From tens of thousands of hours of observation, scientists have compiled a detailed library of African elephant behavior.

#africa, #animal-behavior, #elephants, #endangered-and-extinct-species, #gorongosa-national-park-mozambique, #kenya, #malawi, #mozambique, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

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The New York Times 11:00 pm on June 1, 2021
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Elephant Trunks: Is There Anything They Can’t Do?

A new study highlights the impressive biomechanics and suction power of an elephant’s most defining appendage.

#anatomy-and-physiology, #animal-behavior, #conservation-of-resources, #elephants, #journal-of-the-royal-society-interface, #research, #robots-and-robotics, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

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The New York Times 3:34 pm on June 1, 2021
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Magic Tricks May Fool You, but These Birds Can See Through Them

A small experiment using sleights of hand and illusions offers insights into how birds and people perceive the world.

#animal-cognition, #birds, #cambridge-university, #magic-and-magicians, #proceedings-of-the-national-academy-of-sciences, #research, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

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The New York Times 9:25 pm on May 31, 2021
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How the ‘Wandering Meatloaf’ Got Its Rock-Hard Teeth

The dentition of the gumboot chiton, a lumbering mollusk, contains a rare mineral never before seen in a living animal.

#3-d-printers, #mollusks, #pnas-journal, #teeth-and-dentistry, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

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The New York Times 10:36 pm on May 20, 2021
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The Latest Coronavirus Comes From Dogs

A newly identified coronavirus may not pose a serious threat, but the finding highlights the need to monitor animal viruses more proactively, scientists say.

#animals, #clinical-infectious-diseases-journal, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #dogs, #malaysia, #sars-severe-acute-respiratory-syndrome, #viruses, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-health

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The New York Times 9:43 pm on May 19, 2021
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The Case of Long Island’s Disappearing Brood X Cicadas

The insect cohort known as Brood X may not emerge on Long Island, a sign of humanity’s effects on even nature’s most reliable periodic events.

#cicadas-insects, #environment, #long-island-ny, #research, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

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The New York Times 1:58 am on May 15, 2021
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The 1,000-Year Secret That Made Betta Fish Beautiful

Scientists found that the fish were gradually domesticated like dog breeds into the beautiful shapes and colors that turn up today in pet stores.

#biorxiv, #fish-and-other-marine-life, #genetics-and-heredity, #research, #southeast-asia, #thailand, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

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The New York Times 6:46 pm on May 14, 2021
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Breathing Through the Rectum Saves Oxygen-Starved Mice and Pigs

Japanese scientists who studied an unusual method of delivering oxygen in mammals hope to one day try it in people.

#anus, #colon, #lungs, #medicine-and-health, #mice, #oxygen, #pigs, #rats, #research, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-health, #your-feed-science

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The New York Times 1:24 pm on May 13, 2021
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At Mating Time, These Ants Carry Their Young Queen to a Neighbor’s Nest

The royal matchmaking service may help these insects avoid inbreeding.

#ants, #communications-biology-journal, #france, #genetics-and-heredity, #reproduction-biological, #research, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

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The New York Times 6:59 am on May 11, 2021
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The Price They Pay for Your Perfect Vacation Photo

Scientists are concerned about unregulated feeding of ocean wildlife by tour operators.

#animal-behavior, #australia, #bahama-islands, #conservation-of-resources, #endangered-and-extinct-species, #fish-and-other-marine-life, #greece, #marine-biology, #philippines, #photography, #research, #sharks, #travel-and-vacations, #turtles-and-tortoises, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

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The New York Times 3:47 pm on May 10, 2021
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The Birds and the Buoys: Using Googly Eyes to Avert Extinction

A pair of looming eyes could scare away seabirds from fishing nets in which they are often entangled.

#birds, #conservation-of-resources, #endangered-and-extinct-species, #fishing-commercial, #innovation, #research, #royal-society-open-science-journal, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

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The New York Times 6:08 pm on May 7, 2021
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Meet the Other Social Influencers of the Animal Kingdom

Culture, once considered exclusive to humans, turns out to be widespread in nature.

#animal-behavior, #animals, #fish-and-other-marine-life, #monkeys-and-apes, #science-journal, #whales-and-whaling, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science, #zambia

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The New York Times 2:48 pm on April 30, 2021
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The Last Creature You’d Expect Left Mysterious Trails on the Ocean Floor

Something with no legs, no feet and no skeleton is crawling around down there, scientists say.

#arctic-regions, #current-biology-journal, #fish-and-other-marine-life, #marine-biology, #norway, #research, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

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The New York Times 9:00 am on April 21, 2021
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Some Male Birds Fly Under False Colors to Attract Mates, Study Suggests

Elaborate feather microstructures allow male tanagers to enhance their colors, making them seem as if they are higher quality mates.

#animal-behavior, #birds, #color, #evolution-biology, #feathers, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

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The New York Times 6:30 pm on April 15, 2021
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How Many Tyrannosaurus Rexes Ever Lived on Earth? Here’s a New Clue.

An estimation of the iconic predator’s total population can teach us things about dinosaurs that fossils cannot.

#dinosaurs, #endangered-and-extinct-species, #north-america, #paleontology, #research, #science-journal, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

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The New York Times 4:33 pm on April 14, 2021
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How the Largest Animals That Could Ever Fly Supported Giraffe-Like Necks

These pterosaurs had wingspans as long as 33 feet, and scans of fossilized remains reveal a surprise in their anatomy.

#dinosaurs, #fossils, #iscience-journal, #morocco, #neck, #paleontology, #pterosaurs, #research, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

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The New York Times 9:00 am on April 9, 2021
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These Rocks Made a 1,000-Mile Trek. Did Dinosaurs Carry Them?

Researchers suggest a collection of prehistoric stones found in Wyoming journeyed from Wisconsin in the bellies of very large beasts.

#dinosaurs, #geology, #paleontology, #research, #rock-and-stone, #terra-nova-journal, #wisconsin, #wyoming, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

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The New York Times 4:01 pm on April 5, 2021
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Let Us Now Praise Tiny Ants

Even in the densest human habitations, there are orders of magnitude more ants than there are of us, doing the hard work of making our crumbs disappear.

#books-and-literature, #insects, #new-york-city, #photography, #wilson-edward-o, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

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The New York Times 1:42 pm on March 31, 2021
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New Study Sheds Light on Why Grasshoppers Flocked to Vegas

In a new study, ecologists document the impact that the world’s brightest city has on the insect population.

#biology-letters-journal, #grasshoppers, #las-vegas-nev, #lighting, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

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The New York Times 6:59 pm on March 30, 2021
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The Ocean’s Youngest Monsters Are Ready for Glamour Shots

Divers practicing blackwater photography are helping marine scientists gain new insights into fish larvae.

#animal-migration, #diving-and-divers, #fish-and-other-marine-life, #ichthyologyherpetology-journal, #marine-biology, #oceans-and-seas, #photography, #research, #smithsonian-national-museum-of-natural-history, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

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The New York Times 1:42 pm on March 25, 2021
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Some Elephants in Africa Are Just a Step From Extinction

A key conservation group counted the continent’s elephants as two species for the first time, highlighting the dire threat to forest elephants.

#africa, #conservation-of-resources, #elephants, #endangered-and-extinct-species, #international-union-for-conservation-of-nature, #research, #wildlife-trade-and-poaching, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

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The New York Times 5:44 pm on March 14, 2021
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Protecting Lions Helps the Whole Food Chain? Actually, We Don’t Know.

The assumption that adding apex predators to wildlife parks in South Africa benefits smaller animals is in need of more testing, scientists say.

#biodiversity, #conservation-of-resources, #lions, #mammals, #proceedings-of-the-royal-society-b-journal, #research, #south-africa, #travel-and-vacations, #wildlife-sanctuaries-and-nature-reserves, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

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The New York Times 10:00 am on March 7, 2021
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The Power of Playing Dead

A study shows that pretending to be immobile — sometimes for an hour or more — helps larvae of insects called antlions outlast hungry predators.

#animal-behavior, #biology-and-biochemistry, #biology-letters-journal, #evolution-biology, #insects, #research, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

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The New York Times 7:26 pm on March 5, 2021
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Largest Glowing Shark Species Discovered Near New Zealand

It’s the biggest bioluminescent vertebrate found on land or sea, so far.

#animal-behavior, #biology-and-biochemistry, #frontiers-in-marine-science-journal, #hormones, #light, #new-zealand, #research, #sharks, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

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The New York Times 7:00 pm on February 25, 2021
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The Outsized Influence of Teen T. Rex and Other Young Dinosaurs

A deep dive into dinosaur data suggests that teenage T. rexes and other juvenile carnivores shaped their ecosystems.

#children-and-childhood, #dinosaurs, #endangered-and-extinct-species, #paleontology, #research, #science-journal, #teenagers-and-adolescence, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science, #youth

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The New York Times 4:00 pm on February 25, 2021
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Manatees May Carry Half a Million Microscopic Hitchhikers

Unexpected species of nematodes, some of them new to science, were found living on the skin of the marine mammals.

#florida, #manatees, #microbiology, #research, #scientific-reports-journal, #skin, #worms, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

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The New York Times 10:00 am on February 20, 2021
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Octopuses Have a Secret Sense to Keep Their 8 Arms Out of Trouble

Even when an octopus can’t see light with its eyes, its arms seem to know it is there.

#animal-behavior, #animal-cognition, #journal-of-experimental-biology, #light, #octopus, #research, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

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The New York Times 5:20 pm on February 18, 2021
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Meet Elizabeth Ann, the First Cloned Black-Footed Ferret

Her birth represents the first cloning of an endangered species native to North America, and may bring needed genetic diversity to the species.

#animals, #assn-of-zoosaquariums, #breeding-of-animals, #cryonics, #endangered-and-extinct-species, #fish-and-wildlife-service, #fort-collins-colo, #meeteetse-wyo, #ryder-oliver, #san-diego-zoo, #university-of-florida, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science, #zoos

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The New York Times 2:04 pm on February 15, 2021
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Where Did the Dinosaur-Killing Impactor Come From?

A new study blames a comet fragment for the death of the dinosaurs 66 million years ago. But most experts maintain that an asteroid caused this cataclysmic event.

#asteroids, #comets, #dinosaurs, #earth, #research, #scientific-reports-journal, #space-and-astronomy, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science, #yucatan-peninsula-mexico

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The New York Times 10:00 am on February 14, 2021
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‘Our Goal is That No Lemurs Live Alone’

At the Duke Lemur Center, an innovative plan to keep the animals social late in life: pair them with lemurs of another species.

#duke-university, #durham-nc, #elderly, #friendship, #lemurs, #loneliness, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

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The New York Times 12:09 pm on February 12, 2021
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Whale Songs Could Reveal Deep Secrets Beneath the Oceans

The aquatic mammals’ sound waves penetrate into the rocks under the waves, which could assist seismologists’ surveys.

#earthquakes, #endangered-and-extinct-species, #geology, #noise, #oceans-and-seas, #pacific-ocean, #science-journal, #whales-and-whaling, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

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The New York Times 10:00 am on February 12, 2021
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Cannibalism May Be Key for These Cockroach Couples

Males and females of a species that mates monogamously complete their bond by gnawing off each other’s wings, a new study found.

#cannibalism, #cockroaches, #ethology, #reproduction-biological, #research, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

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The New York Times 11:51 pm on February 10, 2021
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Can These Hedge Trimmers With Fins Avoid a Brush With Extinction?

Scientists have found that sawfish are thriving in some habitats while vanishing from others.

#conservation-of-resources, #endangered-and-extinct-species, #endangered-species-research-journal, #fish-and-other-marine-life, #florida, #research, #science-advances-journal, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

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The New York Times 10:00 am on February 5, 2021
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Goats Don’t Vote

While some animals that rove in groups appear to cast a form of ballot about directions, goats mostly copy each other.

#animal-behavior, #goats, #namibia, #navigation, #research, #royal-society-open-science-journal, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

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The New York Times 7:17 pm on February 4, 2021
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In the Oceans, the Volume Is Rising as Never Before

A new review of the scientific literature confirms that anthropogenic noise is becoming unbearable for undersea life.

#acoustics, #animals, #biodiversity, #fish-and-other-marine-life, #law-of-the-sea-un-convention, #noise, #oceans-and-seas, #reefs, #ships-and-shipping, #united-nations-convention-on-biological-diversity, #whales-and-whaling, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

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The New York Times 4:20 pm on February 4, 2021
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The Mouse That Survived a Volcanic Apocalypse

Much as small mammals outlived the dinosaur extinction, this rodent beat the odds when Pinatubo blew its top in the Philippines in 1991.

#conservation-of-resources, #endangered-and-extinct-species, #luzon-philippines, #mice, #philippines, #research, #rodents, #volcanoes, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

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The New York Times 5:06 pm on February 3, 2021
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These Lizards Have a Hot Trick to Escape Hungry Snakes

On some Japanese islands where lizards live, the ones that fear predators have higher body temperatures that help them run faster.

#anatomy-and-physiology, #ecology-letters-journal, #evolution-biology, #izu-islands-japan, #japan, #lizards, #miyake-island-japan, #research, #snakes, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

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The New York Times 11:52 pm on February 1, 2021
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The Skin-Deep Physics of Sidewinder Snakes

A close-up on snake skin helped scientists work out what might help certain snakes navigate sandy surfaces.

#deserts, #physics, #proceedings-of-the-national-academy-of-sciences, #sand-and-gravel, #skin, #snakes, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

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The New York Times 10:00 am on January 31, 2021
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This Ammonite Was Fossilized Outside Its Shell

The bizarre fossil is one of very few records of soft tissue in a creature better known as a whorled shell.

#fossils, #germany, #paleontology, #squid, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

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The New York Times 10:00 am on January 30, 2021
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They Put the Bite in Trilobite

New research helps explain how some ancient species hunted and fed, and highlights the shell-crushing power of one large trilobite.

#fish-and-other-marine-life, #fossils, #paleontology, #proceedings-of-the-royal-society-b-journal, #research, #trilobites, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

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The New York Times 10:00 am on January 29, 2021
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How an Eight-Sided ‘Egg’ Ended Up in a Robin’s Nest

An experiment by evolutionary biologists offers new insights into birds’ brains.

#3-d-printers, #animal-behavior, #animal-cognition, #birds, #eggs, #royal-society-open-science-journal, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

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The New York Times 10:00 am on January 25, 2021
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The World’s Rarest Turtle Has a Shot at Escaping Extinction

Conservationists confirmed that a Swinhoe’s softshell turtle found in Vietnam is female, reigniting hope for saving the species.

#conservation-of-resources, #endangered-and-extinct-species, #hanoi-vietnam, #reproduction-biological, #turtles-and-tortoises, #vietnam, #wildlife-conservation-society, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

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The New York Times 2:18 pm on January 22, 2021
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Covid-19 Kept Tourists Away. Why Did These Seabirds Miss Them?

When travel restrictions stopped bird-watchers from visiting a Swedish island, hidden ecosystem dynamics were revealed.

#animal-behavior, #birds, #conservation-of-resources, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #research, #shutdowns-institutional, #sweden, #travel-and-vacations, #wildlife-sanctuaries-and-nature-reserves, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

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The New York Times 6:03 pm on January 19, 2021
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A Surprise in a 50 Million-Year-Old Assassin Bug Fossil: Its Genitals

Scientists were surprised to find the insect’s preserved penis, which suggests it was an unknown species.

#fossils, #insects, #paleontology, #papers-in-paleontology, #penis, #reproduction-biological, #research, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

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The New York Times 4:00 pm on January 14, 2021
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Electric Eels Hunt in Packs, Shocking Prey and Scientists

The behavior, used by wolves and orcas to run down fast prey, is rarely seen in fish.

#amazon-jungle, #animal-behavior, #brazil, #ecology-and-evolution-journal, #eels, #electric-light-and-power, #fish-and-other-marine-life, #hunting-and-trapping, #research, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

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The New York Times 7:00 pm on January 13, 2021
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New Bat Species With Orangutan Hue Discovered in West Africa

Scientists hope the rare discovery could be a catalyst for conserving the region’s biodiversity.

#american-museum-novitates, #bats, #biodiversity, #conservation-of-resources, #endangered-and-extinct-species, #guinea, #research, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

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The New York Times 12:01 am on January 13, 2021
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Millipede Swarms Once Stopped Japanese Trains in Their Tracks

A team of scientists say they have figured out the cicada-like life cycles of the many-legged arthropods.

#animal-behavior, #arthropods, #cicadas-insects, #insects, #japan, #millipedes, #railroads, #reproduction-biological, #research, #royal-society-open-science-journal, #seasons-and-months, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

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The New York Times 11:19 pm on January 11, 2021
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These Snakes Found a New Way to Slither

The novel technique is great news for Guam’s brown tree snakes, bad news for the island’s nesting birds.

#animal-behavior, #biology-and-biochemistry, #guam, #snakes, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

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The New York Times 10:00 am on January 11, 2021
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Revealed: The Shipworm Sex Tapes

Nature’s weirdest clam surprises scientists once again, this time in video footage of its mating habits.

#animal-behavior, #biology-and-biochemistry, #biology-letters-journal, #clams, #fish-and-other-marine-life, #marine-borers-shipworms, #oregon, #reproduction-biological, #shipway-reuben, #sperm, #wood-and-wood-products, #your-feed-animals, #your-feed-science

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