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Scientists say more than 350 new plant and animal species have been discovered in the eastern Himalayan mountains, but now they are seriously threatened by the effects o…
Who can be sure what makes these people laugh so happily, but few people may disagree that laughing often helps people feel good.
A shrimp, crab, and locust-like head, has 8 stakes and is making small businesses in Buoi market, Tay Ho district, Hanoi. The owner of the shrimp said he found it in a b…
Some beetles often lie dead for familiar reasons: avoid being attacked by prey.
After 15 years of pursuit, Billy the tortoise, 110 years old, finally joins his 47-year-old partner Tammy to produce perfect eggs.
Instead of wandering on the sidewalk picking up pieces of cigarettes or chewing gum, pigeons in Brisbane, Queensland, like drinking pure water and bathing in clear water.
Monkeys can create complete sentences and say they have accents - a new study shows that this relative of humans also recognizes simple grammar.
With runways, camcorders and a piece of chicken, scientists are trying to discover the mystery of the speed of cheetahs.
Two professional snipers have been sent to a national park in Australia to protect the first penguin population here.
The public opinion somehow helped the quiet but bigger victory of environmentalists in forcing the nation's highest court to consider the state of whales in the context…
In a recent work, a new hypothesis has been proposed that explains one of the long-standing secrets of primates: why male and female lemurs are about the same size.
According to Kathryn Lord, staff of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, biologically, not only dogs but also many other animals bark.
Japanese inventors have just announced devices that can identify dogs' emotions and wills through barks.
The birds that live in the cities and towns will be more lazy, rising later than the rural birds.
A single evolutionary event seems to be an explanation of short and curved legs, a research group of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), the National I…