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Found a large turtle that is considered extinct in Vietnam
Biologists yesterday claimed to have identified a soft-shell giant turtle in a lake west of Hanoi. This is the only living specimen of this species known to date.
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Breeding relations in the family line
At the end of March, when the winter gradually receded from the New York periphery, the mind of a spotted salamander pointed towards love. After the early spring rains s…
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The bite of the Komodo dragon is weaker than the ... domestic cat
The world's largest lizard, the Komodo dragon, has a weaker bite than a cat, scientists revealed.
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New habitat makes lizards evolve faster
In 1971, biologists brought five pairs of adult Italian lizards from the home island of Pod Kopiste (south of the Adriatic Sea) to the neighboring island of Pod Mrcaru.…
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The mouse senses oxygen by skin
Biologists at the University of California San Diego have recently discovered that rats' skin can sense low oxygen levels and regulate the production of erythropoietin (…
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Sewing penguin swimwear
It sounds funny, but experts at the California Academy of Sciences have been serious about creating a swimsuit for an African penguin, helping it back down.
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Why do bats eat fruit and eat the whole land?
Any child knows not to eat the green part of a tomato, but to cut it off. The reason behind this is that those green parts contain secondary plant compounds that adverse…
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Discovering tiny species of legless lizard and woodpecker in Brazil
Scientists have found a species of legless lizards and a tiny woodpecker and 12 other species that are thought to have appeared in Cerrado - Brazil, one of 34 hot spots…
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The biggest eyes in the animal world
Scientists have announced the discovery of the largest animal eyes on earth with a diameter larger than a football. These eyes belong to an extremely rare giant squid th…
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Monkey got a teddy bear as a mother
A newborn monkey abandoned by his mother at London Zoo, England, has found comfort from a new mother - a big teddy bear.
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Baby birds also babble before singing
The young birds also babble before they can mimic the song of adult birds like our children in our world. Currently, MIT scientists, in the process of researching to dis…
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Birds use the sense of smell to detect enemies
There are many species of birds that detect and avoid the enemy through the sense of smell, but the bird studies largely reject this possibility because of the tradition…
