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Who are the least-contacted people on Earth?
1+ hour, 44+ min ago (611+ words) Rigorously fact-checked science, expert commentary and an ad-free experience built for those who want to go beyond the headlines No ads on any Live Science articles. No pop-ups. Full access to everything. Trusted, in-depth, pro-science features that are available only…...
Monkeys have a basic intuition for geometry, study suggests
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1044+ words) Rigorously fact-checked science, expert commentary and an ad-free experience built for those who want to go beyond the headlines No ads on any Live Science articles. No pop-ups. Full access to everything. Trusted, in-depth, pro-science features that are available only…...
Orange-lipped monkey that roars and snorts deep in Congo rainforest is new species to science
3+ week, 3+ day ago (867+ words) Rigorously fact-checked science, expert commentary and an ad-free experience built for those who want to go beyond the headlines No ads on any Live Science articles. No pop-ups. Full access to everything. Trusted, in-depth, pro-science features that are available only…...
Diagnostic dilemma: A fish stabs a man through the throat and the base of the skull
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (498+ words) While on a fishing trip, a man sustained an unusual injury from a marlin. The patient: A 31-year old man in Louisiana The symptoms: When the patient reached the hospital, he was bleeding from the mouth and had severe neck…...
'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
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (952+ words) Live Science spoke with animal researcher Andreas Nieder about how animals process mathematical concepts like statistical reasoning and the idea of zero. Corvids, including ravens and crows, have earned a reputation for being some of the smartest birds on Earth....
Elusive dwarf fox, feared extinct, photographed for the first time on island off Yucatán
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (376+ words) The tiny animal was part of the mysterious Cozumel fox population, a potentially undescribed species that had not been officially sighted in more than 20 years. Cozumel foxes live only on Cozumel, an island near Cancún. Researchers know very little about…...
Rusty, orange water 'bleeds' across brilliant Bolivian lagoon — Earth from space
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (372+ words) When was it taken? April 16, 2015 Laguna Colorada ("Red Lagoon" in Spanish) is a hypersaline, or extremely salty, lake in Bolivia's Altiplano — the world's second-highest plateau, which stretches across the Andes. It sits around 14,100 feet (4,300 meters) above sea level. The lagoon…...
'We were being bullied in our own home': How 'authoritarian' HOAs are contributing to the insect apocalypse
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (715+ words) In the book "Bitter Honey," writer and researcher Jennie Durant explores how industrial agriculture is destroying bees — and what can be done to stop them. There's an army of tiny workers buzzing around our fields, helping our food grow. But…...
'A combination of amazement and horror': Hitchhiker fish hide in manta ray buttholes
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (599+ words) Hitchhiker fish known as remoras have a very unexpected hiding place: the rear ends of manta rays. Hitchhiking fish that are famous for suctioning themselves to other marine animals have a very unexpected hiding place: the rear ends of manta…...
'More than 100 million years of evolution': How snakes evolved and lost their legs
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (1110+ words) Huge snakes, tiny snakes, poisonous snakes and constrictor snakes, snakes that slither, burrow or swim: New fossils and modern technology are tracing serpent origins Back when dinosaurs stomped the Earth, dinky mammals scurried about in their shadows. The little furballs,…...