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Hundreds of thousands of bats died from the hot sun in Australia
The recent record heat wave has caused about 100,000 bats to die in flight, causing an environmental disaster in Australia.
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It is about time for giant snakes
It is a warning by scientists from the new study: warming temperatures can shrink mammalian size and produce giant reptiles.
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Cows can predict rain
The researchers found that cows often stand longer when it is hot. This implies a strong connection between their behavior and the weather.
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Statistics of tropical arthropods from hot air balloons
A group of international biologists conducted a large-scale inventory of arthropod biodiversity in tropical forests with over 6,000 species thanks to hot air balloons.
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Lazy birds 'love' because it is so hot
During a comprehensive survey of the penguin breeding habits on Deception Island in Antarctica, the scientists found that the number of small birds plummeted since the 1…
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Southeast Asia - 'hot spot' extinct
Southeast Asia is currently the extinct 'hot spot' as more species are facing the risk of permanent disappearance, according to the Red List of Threatened Species recent…
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Amazing designs of nature (part 1)
On the hot desert, the small lizard, 2cm tall, looked up at Parker frightened like a newborn dinosaur who lost her mother. It seems too cute for this harsh land, yet it…
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Can't be loved because it's too hot
Hot, dry summers are making it difficult for animals and plants in the American island of Antelope, Salt Lake, to prevent them from reproducing.
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Ancient penguins used to live in hot countries
The distant cousins of today's giant sized penguins and living in warm climates in Peru 30 million years ago. One of the ancient birds has a car
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Tropical birds also relax like people
Humans are not the only creatures that can live slowly in hot areas. Birds that live in the tropics also relax more and use less energy than their cousins live in cold…
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Australia: Camels become aggressive because of the hot sun
The worst drought since a century ago in Australia has caused wild camel here to become aggressive and dangerous. The Australian government has decided to launch a campa…
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The desert antelope shrinks the heart and liver for survival
In order to survive in the arid and hot desert in Saudi Arabia, antelopes have adopted a strange strategy: they shrink the size of the heart and liver, the two parts nee…
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Creatures like to live in 'knitting furnace'
Scientists have found worms that live in seabed hot water craters that are able to adapt to the highest temperatures among all known animals.
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How are animals cured?
The habitat of wildlife is harsh, the life of every animal is hard to avoid being infected or injured. So what do animals do to heal wounds and diseases?