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 …
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GABORONE (Reuters) – Botswana’s top wildlife veterinarian on Friday rejected accusations by some conservationists that the government had not moved fast enough to investigate the unexplained deaths of at least 275 elephants. Authorities said Thursday they were still trying to find out what killed the elephants around two months after …
Read More »A ringed cilium, Siphonops annulatus. Image: Carlos Jared, Instituto Butantan Scientists have detected snake-shaped dental glands in the cilices, which means that these serpentine creatures could actually be poisonous, an unheard-of trait among amphibians. Cecilios secrete a substance through their skin that makes them extra viscous. They also discharge a …
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The Mars Color Camera (MCC) aboard ISRO’s Mars Orbiter Mission has captured the image of Phobos, the largest and closest moon on Mars. The image was taken on July 1 when MOM was about 7,200 km from Mars and 4,200 km from Phobos. “The spatial resolution of the image is …
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GENEVA / LONDON (Reuters) – The World Health Organization (WHO) should soon obtain results of clinical trials it is carrying out on drugs that could be effective in treating patients with COVID-19, its Director said on Friday. General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. The Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), …
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