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New Zealand mud slugs are
Potamopyrgus antipodarum slugs are no different from pencil heads, but they are spreading rapidly from New Zealand to Asia and the Americas, attacking native snails else…
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Birds also make funerals
Teresa Iglesias, a scientist at the University of California in the US, and colleagues put together many things - such as wooden toys, jagged corpses, and effigies of ow…
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Birds sing more flexibly when the weather fluctuates
A new study of the North American nightingale has shown that birds that live in erratic weather patterns will sing more flexibly.
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Dogs can reveal the owner's personality
Deborah Wells and Peter Hepper, two researchers at the University of Belfast in Northern Ireland, recruited 147 dog owners from psychological classes in Northern Ireland…
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Animals are also overheard
A team of experts from Kyoto University, Japan, came to Yakushima island to study the symbiotic relationship between macaque monkey and Sika deer. In 2004, the team used…
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Dinosaurs are much lighter than previously assumed
Using laser technology to calculate body mass, experts at the University of Manchester, UK, have discovered that giant dinosaurs, with their feet shaking the ground, are…
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Discovered 24 new species of lizard in the Caribbean
US scientists have announced the discovery of 24 new species of lizards in the Caribbean islands, but about half of these species are currently in danger of extinction.…
Animal world
Dinosaurs heat the Earth?
Giant dinosaurs may have warmed our planet with their bloating - researchers have said. British scientists have calculated the methane emissions of lizard-legged dinosau…
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Dogs are able to empathize with humans
The research team at the University of Porto, Portugal selected 29 dogs with at least 6 months of living with their owners. They recorded the yawn of the owners and stra…
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Crow can recognize human voices
According to the BBC, scientists at the University of Vienna said their findings suggest that the ability could help crows 'live well' in urban environments, using the v…
Animal world
Unfold the dinosaur secret
New research results by the University of Zurich in cooperation with the London Society of Zoology have uncovered the long-standing secret of the deep causes of dinosaur…
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Strangely, fingerprints are like humans
Scientists believe that the characteristics of koalas have developed primarily during their recent evolution, because their close relatives, such as kangaroos or kangaro…
Animal world
Aye-aye frogs reappear in Burundi after 62 years
Two researchers David Blackburn and Eli Greenbaum from the University of Texas have discovered an individual Aye-aye frog (Cardioglossa cyaneospila) - the endemic, endan…
Animal world
Mole-feathered mouse
According to scientist Liana Maree, the cause of this problem is the lack of sexual competition in the community of hairless mice.
Animal world
Orangutans are stressed by tourists
Observing tourists visiting the sanctuary on Borneo Island, orangutans are often subjected to severe stress, though not prolonged, CNN's information follows the research…