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How snakes evolved and lost their legs

Back when dinosaurs stomped the Earth, dinky mammals scurried about in their shadows. The little furballs, hiding out in underground burrows, provided a fresh niche for a novel reptile: the snake. Skinny snakes could squeeze into the homes of mammals and gobble them up. At least, that’s how the dawn of snakes is imagined by

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Are you a sucker for cephalopod science

Octopuses are a useful reminder that complex life can be organized in very different ways. With no backbone, their anatomy departs sharply from the body plans many people are familiar with. They are classified as cephalopods, a class of animals that includes squid, nautiluses and cuttlefish. Octopuses can rapidly change the color and texture of their skin, manipulate objects

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Outdoor cats can be exposed to dangerous germs

Pets form an important part of many people’s lives, providing meaningful companionship. However, our pets can sometimes also be a source of unwelcome pathogens and diseases, particularly if they frequently roam outdoors. We are ecologists and a veterinarian who study wildlife health and the movement of pathogens among wildlife, domestic animals and people. If you let

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Spotted lanternflies are invading the US. They may have gotten their evolutionary superpowers in China’s cities.

The spotted lanternfly has spread across the United States with unrelenting speed — and now we have a clue as to why: living in cities seems to have helped these invasive insects evolve to be more resistant to stresses. “Cities may act as evolutionary incubators that help an invasive species to better deal with pressures like heat

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Never-before-seen shark that ‘walks’ on land discovered off Papua New Guinea

Researchers have identified a new species of “walking shark,” a rare group of small carpet sharks that use their fins to “walk” along shallow reefs. A team of divers spotted the newfound shark, which they named Hemiscyllium dudgeonae, in the dark waters around the reefs of southeastern Papua New Guinea. Gliding along the rocks was a small,

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‘A completely different story’: 300 million-year-old fossils reveal the first vertebrate land dwellers weren’t what we thought, researchers claim

Never-before-seen fossils of newly hatched crocodile-like creatures are shining new light on how our aquatic ancestors conquered land. Early four-limbed vertebrates (tetrapods), which would eventually give rise to humans, took their first steps on land in the Devonian period, some 419 million to 359 million years ago, marking one of the most important periods in

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They reliably chose the statistically more favorable option’: A crow researcher explains how these winged geniuses process numbers, and what it could reveal about human math smarts

Corvids, including ravens and crows, have earned a reputation for being some of the smartest birds on Earth. They can recognize human faces, use tools, solve multistep puzzles and even hold funerals. In recent years, scientists have added another surprising skill to the list: a grasp of numbers. Research suggests that corvids can distinguish between different quantities and, in some cases, even perform statistical analysis.

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Scientists discover deadly, highly venomous box jellyfish near Singapore’s ‘Island of Death Behind’

Scientists have described a new species of highly venomous box jellyfish based on specimens that were lurking near a Singaporean island formerly known as Pulau Blakang Mati, or the “Island of Death Behind,” in 2020 and 2021. The newly described species, Chironex blakangmati, was named after the island’s original, ominous name in Malay, rather than its

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Newly discovered toads skip the tadpole stage and give birth to live ‘toadlets’

Scientists have identified three new toad species that give birth to live “toadlets” rather than laying eggs. All three species are part of the Nectophrynoides genus, also known as “tree toads,” which is a group known for birthing live baby toads that skip the tadpole stage. Previously thought to be one species with a large population and

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How snakes evolved and lost their legs

Are you a sucker for cephalopod science

Outdoor cats can be exposed to dangerous germs

Spotted lanternflies are invading the US. They may have gotten their evolutionary superpowers in China’s cities.

Never-before-seen shark that ‘walks’ on land discovered off Papua New Guinea

‘A completely different story’: 300 million-year-old fossils reveal the first vertebrate land dwellers weren’t what we thought, researchers claim

They reliably chose the statistically more favorable option’: A crow researcher explains how these winged geniuses process numbers, and what it could reveal about human math smarts

Scientists discover deadly, highly venomous box jellyfish near Singapore’s ‘Island of Death Behind’

Newly discovered toads skip the tadpole stage and give birth to live ‘toadlets’

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