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Why can a weasel weighing only a few kilos hunt a wild boar weighing 250kg?
Not long ago, a shocking news caused a stir in the world of biologists: 4 yellow-throated weasels successfully hunted a 250kg wild boar!
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Oceanography
Giant whale carcass washes up on Alaska beach
A giant fin whale that washed ashore near a coastal trail in Alaska's largest city has attracted the curiosity of many.
Oceanography
Carpets of tuna and crabs cover the California seabed
Divers and marine biologists encountered tuna crabs piling up on the seabed near San Diego due to being swept close to shore by ocean currents.
Animal world
The world's oldest bird actively searches for new mates
Biologists on Midway Island discovered a more than 70-year-old female Laysan albatross named Wisdom courting potential mates months after the end of nesting season.
Oceanography
Scientists recreate endangered coral species in the lab
In laboratories across Florida (USA), biologists are regenerating coral reefs to prevent population decline due to disease.
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Stunned with ice cream made from dried fish, caterpillars, not everyone dares to try
A molecular biologist uses fish, insects and nuts from across Africa to create ice cream flavors that not everyone dares to try.
Animal world
Paradox: The more 'big' animals eat, the less physics can explain?
The fact that animals with larger body sizes consume less energy relative to small animals is a conundrum with biology.
Animal world
US spends millions of dollars to save endangered ancient fish species
Biologists are trying to find a way to save the humpback shark, a primitive fish that lives in the Colorado River (USA), from the danger of extinction due to predators f…
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How are memories formed?
More than 100 years ago, German biologist Richard Semon coined the term 'engram', which means that the production of memory causes certain physical or chemical changes i…
Biology
Discovered wild flowers thought extinct 40 years ago in Ecuador
Biologists have found the wild flower Gasteranthus extincus - thought to be extinct in Ecuador 40 years ago.
Science story
Christiane Nusslein-Volhard - 'Lady Nobel' was mesmerized by working with flies
Christiane Nusslein-Volhard is a German biologist who won the 1995 Nobel Prize in Medicine with Eric Wieschaus and Edward Lewis for research into genetic control during…
Animal world
The transparent glass frog clearly sees the entire inside of the body
Biologists have found two new species of glass frogs with transparent bodies in a valley at the foot of the Andes mountains in Ecuador.
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Why is it that with beasts, males are always larger than females, while in raptors the opposite is true?
The difference between the sexes has always been an interesting topic for biologists to discuss.
Animal world
The oldest albatross bird in the world still lays eggs at the age of 70
Laysan albatross named Wisdom was first identified by biologists in 1956 and is now at least 70 years old but still... laying eggs.