Let’s go back the hands of time. Before the extinction knocked dinosaurs off their pillar, before the extinction “Great Death” wiped out 95 percent of all organisms, we had the Paleozoic Era. During this age in Earth’s history, between 541 million and 252 million years ago, arthropods (animals with exoskeletons …
Read More »White-throated sparrows’ new song ‘goes viral’
The researchers speculate that female sparrows may be attracted to him. July 5, 2020, 11:29 am 5 min read This is an Inside Science story. When researchers first noticed white-throated sparrows singing a strange song in the Canadian province of British Columbia, they thought it was a regional dialect. Dialects …
Read More »Swiss zookeeper dies after tiger attack inside compound
The zoo in Switzerland’s largest city says one of the park’s Siberian tigers killed a 55-year-old keeper. July 4, 2020, 6:49 PM 2 min read Share on FacebookShare on TwitterEmail this article BERLIN – One of the park’s Siberian tigers killed a 55-year-old caretaker at the Zurich Zoo, Swiss city …
Read More »Canadian sparrows abandon their old song for a catchy tune | Ambient
If you consider Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep to be the ultimate catchy tune, think again: British Columbia’s White-throated Sparrows have come up with a new song that has gone viral in Canada. For years, the traditional descending whistle of the little songbird featured a three-note ending. But researchers have traced …
Read More »California woman gored multiple times by the Yellowstone bison
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. – A 72-year-old California woman was injured and wounded multiple times by a wild bison in Yellowstone National Park after repeatedly approaching the animal for a photograph, park managers said Monday. The woman was rushed to an Idaho hospital for treatment of her injuries after the …
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