Orangutans are remarkably intelligent. This individual, from the Great Ape Trust of Iowa, spontaneously whistles. Another orangutan was recently filmed…
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Penguins don’t freeze
JUVENILE king penguins may huddle together not for warmth, but to get a good night’s sleep. The penguins appear to…
Sniffer dogs detect lung cancer
Sniffer dogs can be used to reliably detect lung cancer, according to researchers in Germany. Writing in the European Respiratory…
9 New Species Found
Boasting “crazy” evolutionary adaptations, a new group of so-called fanged frogs—cousins of this Luzon fanged frog (file picture)—has been discovered…
Darkest Planet Found
It may be hard to imagine a planet blacker than coal, but that’s what astronomers say they’ve discovered in our…
10 new frogs discovered in India’s great rainforest
Ten new species of frog have been discovered in India’s Western Ghats according to two new papers in Biosystematica. Although…
Babies can taste veggies in the womb
Many a parent has struggled to get their children to eat their greens. Now scientists think mothers can make a…
Plants and fungi share fair-trade underground market
Beneath your feet, plants and fungi are exchanging nutrients in a marketplace where generosity is rewarded and cheating punished. The…
Rare Antelope Caught by Camera Trap
Until the recent camera trap surveys, the Aders’ duiker (pictured) was thought to live only in two shrinking forests—one in…
Earth May Have Had Two Moons
A new hypothesis claims the Earth may once have had two moons, which eventually crashed together forming our current celestial…