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Elephant grandmothers means more elephant calves
Grandmother elephants are important for the survival of baby calves.
2 years, 7 months ago
Looks delicious! The connection between appearance and taste
English is full of phrases that connect appearance to taste. However, scientists have been discovering that the connection between the two runs deepe…
2 years, 7 months ago
Escaping alive from a frog's stomach
Sometimes, when a frog eats a large insect, you can see it squirming in the frog’s belly, desperate to escape. Lack of air, acids, and digestive enzy…
2 years, 7 months ago
Copy your neighbors, but only when they're successful
Scientists looked at the nestbox choices of pied flycatchers after the birds observed the "success" of nesting great tits.
2 years, 7 months ago
Why are operating rooms so cold?
Is there a reason operating rooms are always so cold and drafty?
2 years, 7 months ago
Starfish are all heads, no tails
Colorful or plain, skinny or chubby, big or small, the nearly 2,000 species have it all.
2 years, 7 months ago
Skeptics think about vaccines differently
Vaccine skeptics might see vaccines the way they do because they tend to overestimate the likelihood of rare negative events.
2 years, 7 months ago
Walked or swam? An index can answer
How do scientists figure out even basic facts such as whether an animal walked on land or swam in the sea?
2 years, 7 months ago
Play and the brain
Researchers classify an animal behavior as play when it doesn’t involve an external reward, such as food, seems to serve no purpose, occurs repeatedl…
2 years, 7 months ago
What we can learn from ancient climate records
Scientists find clues to how the earth's climate is changing by looking to the past.
2 years, 7 months ago