A new study reveals that dogs are incredibly good at forging shortcuts in unfamiliar areas. The impressive ability appears to be connected to dogs being able to tap into their own internal compass, governed by Earth’s magnetic field. The dogs proved to be excellent at devising their own routes, even …
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A new species of giant isopod was discovered in a survey off the coast of Indonesia. There are now 20 species of these creatures that have been documented, but many more may remain undiscovered. This species can grow up to 20 inches long, and they look like bedbugs. It is …
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Incredibly, there was no common ancestor of these 16 Vantafish species, or at least the 16 that Osborn and Davis have discovered. up to this point“That he developed this trick and passed it on to his evolutionary descendants.” The species evolved independently, so they have slightly different ways of absorbing …
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Texas – Did you know that the world’s largest fish, whale sharks, can be found in the Gulf of Mexico and have even been seen 100 miles off the Texas coast? Texas Parks and Wildlife tweeted Tuesday that whale sharks arrive in the Gulf each summer, so KSAT reached out …
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Study sheds light on how efficiently the world’s largest flying bird rides air currents to stay airborne for hours without flapping its wings. The Andean condor has a wingspan of 3 meters (10 feet) and weighs up to 15 kg (33 lb), making it the heaviest flying bird in the …
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