Rare Baby Sumatran Rhino Born At an Indonesian Sanctuary
Last week, a unique baby rhino was born in the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary in Indonesia’s Way Kambas National Park. On March 24, the female calf…
Plants and Animals
Incredibly Rare and Very Tiny Albino Turtle Spotted In India
An exceptionally uncommon Indian flap shell turtle with albinism has been spotted waddling around a lake in southern India, complete with a wonderfully light shell…
Monkeys Love Boozy Fruit, Which May Explain Our Weakness for Alcohol
A craving for ethanol-rich fruit has been discovered in black-handed spider monkeys in Panama, which may give insight into the evolutionary origins of humans’ liquor…
How Did Cockroaches Survive the Asteroid That Led To the Extinction of Dinosaurs?
Cockroaches were there when the boulder known as the Chicxulub impactor fell from space and crashed into the Earth 66 million years ago. The collision…
Scientists Taught Stingrays and Cichlids to Add and Subtract
The ability to add and subtract numbers has been discovered in zebra mbuna fish and stingrays. The fish were given the challenge of swimming through…
Flamingo 492 Still Living It Up In Texas 17 Years after Zoo Escape
Flamingos aren’t commonly seen in Texas, but because of one animal’s ambitions, locals here occasionally get a peek of 492, a flamingo that escaped from…
Poison Frog Tadpoles Must Survive Cannibalistic Battle Royale to Reach Adulthood
Tadpoles of the dyeing poison dart frog Dendrobates tinctorius begin life in a large pool of cannibals, which is a difficult task. Tadpoles compete in…
Invertebrates Shouldn’t Be Treated Like They Don’t Feel Pain, Urges Review
Animal consciousness has prompted people all throughout the world to reconsider how they handle (and raise) animals like octopuses, crabs, and lobsters. Now, a review…
Spinosaurus’s Dense Bones Suggest It Was an Underwater Hunter, Not a Giant Heron
The thick bones of Spinosaurus may have aided its ability to submerge in water as an aquatic predator. That’s the message from a recent article…
Miruku Replacing Animals with Plants to Create Dairy Proteins
Miruku, a food tech business located in New Zealand, is using its molecular farming approach to turn plant cells into micro-factories for creating proteins and…
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