Absurd Creatures: The Tarsier Leaps Like a Superhero, Looks Like Yoda
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VR Will Make Science Even Cooler
In a new BBC video, David Attenborough visualizes a story in a whole new dimension.
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Absurd Creature of the Week: The Huge, Bee-Decapitating Hornet That Can’t Survive Group Hugs
The Asian giant hornet is like a modern winged T. rex, decapitating honey bees dozens at a time.
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Frogs Are Really Cool. Too Bad Humans Are Killing Them All
In the age of human-induced mass extinction, frogs face great peril, which makes cataloging and understanding them of urgent importance.
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Absurd Creature of the Week: Meet the Bird That Lies and Tricks Its Way Into Sex
This is the saga of bowerbird hanky-panky, a romance packed with more lies, illusions, and thievery than a soap opera—with none of the insufferable soft focus.
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A New Fish Species Speaks in Electric Shocks
John Sullivan has seen plenty of electric fishes. But when he pulled his trap out Gabon’s Ogooué River in 2014, he knew right away he'd found a doozy.
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Absurd Creature of the Week: The Mystery of Solenodon, the Mammal That Bites Like a Snake
Solenodons are one of just a handful of mammals with venom glands that deliver a powerful toxin.
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Twitter Nerd-Fight Reveals a Long, Bizarre Scientific Feud
The battle over parsimony is actually the story of a war between biologists and a scientific society with a reputation for bullying.
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Absurd Creature of the Week: This Toad Isn’t Eating a Bug. The Bug Is Eating It
In the case of the Epomis beetle, prey becomes predator.
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