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Listen to the Sound of the Most Massive Organism on Earth
7+ hour, 30+ min ago (174+ words) Pando's voice comes from the wind 4: 00 PM CDT on June 10, 2026 The most massive known organism on the planet covers over 100 acres in Sevier County, Utah'it's an aspen stand named Pando (Latin for "I spread). While the stand may appear to…...
How These Supergiant Sea Creatures Survive More Than 5 Years Without Eating
11+ hour, 57+ min ago (335+ words) It takes a large stomach and a slow metabolism 11: 00 AM CDT on June 10, 2026 Typically, large organisms eat lots of food'whether it's an elephant devouring 300 pounds of vegetation; a blue whale chowing down on 800 pounds of krill; or a growing teenage…...
Koalas Were in Trouble Before Humans Arrived in Australia
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (155+ words) DNA evidence points to environmental upheaval as a cause of their Late Pleistocene decline 10: 00 AM CDT on June 9, 2026 Essentially, koala populations have been responding to the ebbs and flows of glacier-mediated climate since before humans came to Australia. After the…...
Check Out the Newest Fluorescent Amphibian
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (465+ words) Another terrestrial organisms glows with UV light 4: 00 PM CDT on June 8, 2026 You'd think that a salamander well-known to science, the fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra), would harbor no secrets. Decades of research have focused on its bright yellow and black coloration…...
Newly Discovered Four-Winged Dinosaur Didn't Need to Fly to Hunt Birds
5+ day, 7+ hour ago (392+ words) The discovery of Jian changmaensis solved a mystery 4: 00 PM CDT on June 5, 2026 What has four wings and can't fly? Jian changmaensis, a newly described species of feathered dinosaur recently discovered in China." But according to paleontologists, just because J. changmaensis wasn't…...
Bumblebees Have Chimp-Like Problem-Solving Abilities Despite Tiny Brains
6+ day, 8+ hour ago (290+ words) New research may upend the cognitive primacy of humans and other large-brained vertebrates 2: 07 PM CDT on June 4, 2026 Just like humans, chimpanzees are adept at problem-solving. If you hang a banana out of reach and give a chimp some boxes (as…...
Watch How "Trashy" City Bowerbirds Attract Their Mates
1+ week, 7+ hour ago (311+ words) Human-made objects are just too tempting 5: 00 PM CDT on June 3, 2026 "Glass, plastic, and wire were common choices, but we also found items including a pair of handcuffs, medicine jars at bowers near a hospital, and fluorescent mouth guards from a…...
How Animals Pick and Choose the Sex of Their Offspring
1+ week, 1+ day ago (79+ words) It's ultimately about the grandkids 5: 00 PM CDT on June 2, 2026 It's good to be the queen. Lead image: Mircea Costina / Adobe Stock Diminutive wrens go big Whoever heard of a right-handed monkey? The widespread trials and tribulations of mammal childbirth From…...
How a Tiny Bird Might Tell the Tale of Island Giants
1+ week, 5+ day ago (327+ words) Diminutive wrens go big 11: 00 AM CDT on May 29, 2026 Led by the University of Birmingham, researchers compared wrens (Troglodytes troglodytes) across four Scottish islands: Shetland, Fair Isle, the Outer Hebrides, and St Kilda. They captured and released wrens, collecting body measurements…...
This Is What Gives Pigeons Their Excellent Sense of Direction
1+ week, 6+ day ago (271+ words) It's a literal gut feeling 4: 00 PM CDT on May 28, 2026 To find out whether the immune cells could be responsible for the pigeon's sixth sense, they removed them, hauled the birds over 12 miles away from home, and watched to see whether…...