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Australian raptors start fires to flush out prey
In the first recorded instance of fire being used by animals other than humans, three Australian birds of prey species have been seen carrying burning twigs to set new blazes. John Pickrell reports.
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Orcas vs great white sharks: in a battle of the apex predators who wins?
It’s difficult to imagine the voracious great white shark as prey. Could orcas really be overpowering them and removing their livers?
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Six Horrifying Parasites (That Could Be Inside You Right Now)
Warning: Gross pics contained within. By Leanne Louie.
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Zombies Are Real, and Closer Than You Think
Etomologist Don Steinkraus takes a look at beetles whose limbs keep moving, despite appearing to be quite dead. What's going on here.
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Like alchemists with killer precision, brown snakes make different venoms across their lifetime
There has been at least one fatal bite from a very small brown snake in Australia. But now we know that venom is different in adult and baby brown snakes. By Timothy N. W. Jackson.
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Newfound Dino Looks Like the Creepy Love Child of a Turkey and an Ostrich
A newly identified bird-like dinosaur has a head crest that is uncannily similar to the crest of a cassowary. By Laura Geggel.
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What to know when your car is melted by 7,500 pounds of slime eels
Does insurance cover hagfish slime? By Rachel Becker.
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Teen bit in head by bear wakes up to ‘crunching sound’
A teen staffer at a Colorado camp fought off a bear after waking up Sunday to find the animal biting his head and trying to drag him away.
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Canada declares state of emergency as 'extraordinary' wildfires spread across British Columbia
The Canadian state of British Columbia has advised around 3,000 people to evacuate and declared a state of emergency as wildfires sweep through the province. More than 138 new wildfires broke out on Saturday alone, raising the total to about 240, according to local media reports.
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Turns Out, Snakes Can Hunt in Packs, So Let’s Just All Move to Antarctica
Snake hive mind. Cuban boas coordinate their strikes from cave ceilings. By Peter Dockrill.
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Pigeons in Vancouver [BC] are utilizing hypodermic needles for nests
Police in Vancouver shared an alarming photograph showing what appears to be a pigeon’s egg nest constructed out of hypodermic needles. By Jessa Schroeder.
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Fossils of giant pterosaurs found in Transylvania
A pair of researchers in the U.K. has identified fossils found in the Transylvania area in Romania as those of a pterosaur they have named Hatzegopteryx—a giant, muscle-bound flying reptile that could eat prey as large as a small horse. By Bob Yirka.
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Parasite turns wasp into zombie then drills through its head
It’s Russian dolls of nature’s manipulators: a wasp that fools oak trees to make it a crypt to live in is in turn made to drill a route out of the crypt by another wasp.
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Bird-loving vampire bats develop taste for human blood
Human blood is now on the menu. Wild vampire bats that were thought to exclusively feed on bird blood have been caught feeding on people for the first time, raising health concerns. By Sandrine Ceurstemont.
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The Mysterious Case of the Pacific Northwest's Vengeful Owls
A number of bloody encounters with aggressive birds of prey in the Pacific Northwest in recent years has frightened residents arming themselves with sticks and flashlights and strapping on hard hats and safety goggles before going out at night. By Katherine Malmo. (Nov. 7, 2016)
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Nature already impacted by climate change: Study
A new study, published in the journal Science on Friday morning, says climate change is already affecting every aspect of life on Earth. Professor David Dudgeon speaks to RTHK’s Richard Pyne. [We’re all most definitely going to die from climate shock within thirty years, it’s just not going to be on the news until right beforehand.]
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Watch a Baby Iguana Run for Its Life From a Terrifying Pit of Snakes
Hold onto your butts because this scene from the new Planet Earth II will have you leaping off your seat. By Sarah Emerson.
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The Stunning Case of Leaping Electric Eels
New experiments vindicate a naturalist’s 200-year-old account of fishing for eels—with horses. By Ed Yong.
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What to Do When the World’s Most Dangerous Bird Walks Into Your House
There’s no running from the murderbird. By Sarah Emerson.
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Engrossing portraits of parasites and the creatures they zombify
Anand Varma photographs parasitic organisms and their zombified hosts. It's a little bit terrifying and a whole lot of awesome. By Alyssa Coppelman.
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