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Cancer Is One Worry Elephants Can Forget

The gentle giants' cells contain a tumor-fighting self-destruct button.

A French Theme Park Taught Crows To Pick Up Trash

Park hopes that its avian garbage collectors will encourage humans to properly discard their rubbish

People Were Breeding Macaws 1000 Years Ago

This yet-undiscovered breeding center is likely one of the first instances of exotic animal husbandry in the region

Rare Desert Pterosaur Fossil Discovered in Utah

The rare Triassic fossil is the most complete early pterosaur ever found, and gives new insight into the evolution of the first flying vertebrates

How Çatalhöyük Survived Climate Disaster

Neolithic farmers switched from cattle to goat herding, abandoned communal dwellings for smaller households to adjust to new climate

The Remarkable Way Calamari Squid Catch Their Prey

They might be delicious to us but in the ocean, calamari squid are formidable predators, using concealed tentacles which shoot out toward any prey within a three-foot radius

Newfoundland's Puffin Patrol Helps Save Baby Birds

Baby birds leaving the nest for the first time sometimes confuse urban lights for the moon and stars as they try and head out to sea from Witless Bay

Cancer Is One Worry Elephants Can Forget — Cancer Is One Worry Elephants Can Forget

The gentle giants' cells contain a tumor-fighting self-destruct button.

A French Theme Park Taught Crows To Pick Up Trash — A French Theme Park Taught Crows To Pick Up Trash

Park hopes that its avian garbage collectors will encourage humans to properly discard their rubbish

People Were Breeding Macaws 1000 Years Ago — People Were Breeding Macaws 1000 Years Ago

This yet-undiscovered breeding center is likely one of the first instances of exotic animal husbandry in the region

Rare Desert Pterosaur Fossil Discovered in Utah — Rare Desert Pterosaur Fossil Discovered in Utah

The rare Triassic fossil is the most complete early pterosaur ever found, and gives new insight into the evolution of the first flying vertebrates

How Çatalhöyük Survived Climate Disaster — How Çatalhöyük Survived Climate Disaster

Neolithic farmers switched from cattle to goat herding, abandoned communal dwellings for smaller households to adjust to new climate

The Remarkable Way Calamari Squid Catch Their Prey — The Remarkable Way Calamari Squid Catch Their Prey

They might be delicious to us but in the ocean, calamari squid are formidable predators, using concealed tentacles which shoot out toward any prey within a three-foot radius

Newfoundland's Puffin Patrol Helps Save Baby Birds — Newfoundland's Puffin Patrol Helps Save Baby Birds

Baby birds leaving the nest for the first time sometimes confuse urban lights for the moon and stars as they try and head out to sea from Witless Bay

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