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Small males easily become meals for their children
Female spiders are greedy predators, they eat a lot of prey, sometimes even their spouses.
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Predict the distribution characteristics of large and small species
To understand how species change in size during evolution, biologists have created interesting models. Most species are very small, but the most massive members of a ph…
Animal world
Discover the world's smallest snake in Barbados
The world's smallest snake has just been discovered on the Caribbean island of Barbados. When the snake grows, it has an average length of less than 4 inches (about 10 c…
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Terrifying carnivores in the American suburbs
Last summer, Kerry Beaudry heard the yelp of the German-born Holly shepherd going out to look at the situation. What she saw at the time still made her feel naughty. A s…
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The small but destructive striped striped mussel species
Kneeling on the edge of the dock, Wen Baldwin pulled a plastic rope under Lake Mead. In turn, strange objects appeared from the greenish green water: a bottle of water,…
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With many monkeys, climbing is as easy as walking
Scientists have long thought that walking is easier than climbing, and this explains why we humans evolved on the ground. But recent research reveals that this is not tr…
Animal world
'Reverse evolution' is found in Seattle fish (USA).
When an area of polluted lakes near Seattle is cleaned up, a small species of thorny fish called freshwater sticklebacks must
Animal world
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…
Animal world
The cow is as big as an elephant
The castrated cow named Chilli weighs more than a ton and is about the same height as a small elephant - 2 m, while his companion is only about 1.5 m tall.
Animal world
Discovered new birds in Indonesia
Zoologists from the Indonesian University (UI) have discovered a new species of bird in the Togian archipelago in North Sumatra province. They named the new bird Kacamat…
Animal world
Add an animal to the list of life
Zoologists have identified a shrew-like creature, called gray-faced sengi, who lives in a small community in remote Tanzania. This is a rare discovery of a new animal.
Animal world
Find new animals in Tanzania
The new animal found in Tanzania looks very strange and is an elephant shrew. This animal is about the size of a small cat, a rough body, amber-colored, with a long, mov…
Animal world
Self-transsexual fish are related to population and agriculture in the Potomac River basin
For years, scientists have been investigating why so many small-mouthed male bass in the Potomac River basin have immature egg cells in their testes - this is a form of…
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…
Animal world
Toad is a very liberal animal
Toad is a species that breeds in small ponds that are constantly dry - the risk of killing any growing tadpole is very high. Therefore, female toads will pair with other…