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Discover 4 strange bat species
Animal world

Discover 4 strange bat species

Researchers have identified four new big-eared bat species with giant noses and strange shapes in eastern Africa.

December 16, 2018
Birds know how to avoid 'incest'
Animal world

Birds know how to avoid 'incest'

A study helps scientists discover the secret to helping seabirds avoid their relatives during the search for mates to mate. Until recently many scientists still thought…

December 16, 2018
The 'mutants' in nature
Animal world

The 'mutants' in nature

In the natural world full of dangers, the ability to transform spectacularly of the following 'mutants' is indeed an effective 'way', ...

December 16, 2018
Strange photos of winter starlings
Animal world

Strange photos of winter starlings

When winter comes, the sky at Gretna Green on the Scottish border is densely packed with wintering birds and these birds have created unexpectedly funny shapes.

December 16, 2018
Discover inside rhino horn
Animal world

Discover inside rhino horn

Rhino horns have many special shapes so long people have been weaving many stories around them. Some cultures claim that they are disembodied by witches and physicians.

December 16, 2018
Spider 'artist' traps prey with light
Animal world

Spider 'artist' traps prey with light

The cross shape, zigzag shape or twisted shape on the spider web has long been confusing to observers. New research on spiders Australia found that those seemingly usele…

December 16, 2018
Live spiders hang upside down to save energy
Animal world

Live spiders hang upside down to save energy

A group of scientists from various fields from Spain and Croatia conducted an investigation into the eccentric life of many spiders living, eating, breeding and

December 16, 2018
Shrews are highly sophisticated predators
Animal world

Shrews are highly sophisticated predators

Shrews are small mammals that are characterized by simplicity and primacy. A new study of the hunting method of water shrews has broken this traditional view. The study…

December 16, 2018
Flying bird swallow: Model for modern aircraft
Animal world

Flying bird swallow: Model for modern aircraft

Scientists have demonstrated how the swallow swallow changes the shape of its wings to improve its flying ability. Thanks to that, it is possible to help aircraft manufa…

December 16, 2018
Flowers born to seduce birds
Animal world

Flowers born to seduce birds

The different shapes of tropical flowers, from blooming flowers to elongated pipes, are to help birds and bats easily put the beak in to pollinate flowers. It is the div…

December 16, 2018
Scorpion
Animal world

Scorpion

The scorpion is an arthropod that eats kin with spiders, but its shape is not like a spider. Armed scorpions from head to toe, keratin shell. In the beginning, the chest…

December 16, 2018
Elephant snout can monitor water quality
Animal world

Elephant snout can monitor water quality

Elephant snout live appropriately in turbid, 2-eyed waters that have degenerated, poor vision; but the muscles around its tail can emit a series of consecutive electrica…

December 16, 2018