Latest Stories in Natural Sciences - Page 6
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Nature Blows My Mind! This Jellyfish Is Immortal
This tiny jellyfish has the ability to transform from a mature adult into polyps making it, well, kinda immortal.
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Erupting Volcano Explored with Amazing 360 Degree Interactive Video
This interactive video lets you look around from a helicopter's vantage point as it flies over a deadly but gorgeous volcano.
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Family Cleans House, Finds Pet Tortoise Missing Since 1982
For one particularly tenacious pet tortoise, its hardy sense of survival allowed it to endure for decades in the most unnatural of places.
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Quote of the Day: David Attenborough on our Alienation from Nature
Sir David Attenborough is Britain's best-known natural history film-maker. He's afraid that urbanization could lead to a disconnect from nature, and that the media can help breach the gap.
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10 Reasons Why Dolphins Are Undeniably Awesome
Dolphins possess many admirable qualities and characteristics that endear them to us like few other species on Earth.
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Watch A Huge Golden Moon Rise In Real Time (Video)
This. Is awesome.
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Newly Discovered Spider Builds Lifelike Decoys
For one tiny spider recently discovered in the Peruvian Amazon, creating an incredibly convincing decoy of itself seems to come naturally.
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10,000 Escaped Crocodiles on the Loose in South Africa
If there were ever a time to avoid swimming in the Limpopo River, it's now!
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Nature Blows My Mind! This 80,000-Year-Old Aspen Grove Clones Itself
Not only is this organism one of the oldest on Earth, it is also a contender for other extreme titles.
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Whales Welcome a Deformed Dolphin into Their Pod
Instead of merely learning about an aspect or two of sperm whale behavior in the wild, researchers got an unprecedented peek into one pod's gracious spirit.
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Penguin Headcam Reveals Impressive Hunting Skills (Video)
Miniature cameras positioned on top of penguins' heads give a stellar view of their underwater fishing adventures.
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David Attenborough Calls Humans a "Plague Upon the Earth"
And there are plenty of humans who would agree.
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Visitors Pelt Crocodiles to Death With Trash and Rocks at China Zoo
Visitors to the zoo had been observed "shouting, spitting and throwing things" at the crocodiles "to make sure they are alive."
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Nature Blows My Mind! The 6 Longest Bird Migrations
These birds make some of the world's longest migrations, and you'll be shocked at how many thousands of miles they rack up.
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Pubic Lice Endangered Due to, Ahem, Habitat Loss
In a growing number of places throughout the world, this age-old organism is finding new homes harder to come by.
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Man Releases Rodent, Inadvertently Feeds a Hawk
It's been said that there are no free lunches in nature -- but in the seemingly noble act of releasing a mouse to live free in the wild, one young cadet provided a hungry hawk with just that.
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Australia's Coastal Wetlands Trapped Between Rising Seas and Urban Development
Having nowhere to retreat to, the survival of important wetlands and the many species that depend on them is in serious peril.
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Canada's Trapped Killer Whales Freed by Shifting Ice
After a favorable winds shift ice cover, it appears that the weakened group of orcas have now been freed.
