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[ad_1] VANCOUVER – Swallows develop smaller, more manageable wings to help them avoid buildings and vehicles. Some fish have smaller mouths and are more difficult to catch. The big animals of the …

[ad_1] Everyone may be obsessed with the Mandarin Duck in New York lately, but another bird deserves your attention. According to a statement from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, a yellow, black …

[ad_1] The bark of a piranha can never be worse than its sting, but it could be more useful, according to new research. A recent study of sounds made by piranhas in …

[ad_1] Over the past 85 years, researchers have estimated that there are only three species of crocodiles in Africa: the Nile, the dwarf and the slender snout. A team of American researchers …

[ad_1] Evolution is ruthless even with its tiny creations Image credits Bnummer / Wikimedia. New research conducted by researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC) reports that bacteria also die off …

[ad_1] According to the British Columbia Invasive Species Council, invasive species are among the greatest threats to the survival of our wildlife. "These invaders often arrive accidentally from around the world and, …

[ad_1] A drawing shows the newly discovered dinosaur Akainacephalus johnsoni, who lived 76 million years ago in Utah. He is surrounded by the crocodilian Denazinosuchus. (Andrey Atuchin / Denver Museum of Nature …

[ad_1] July 19 (UPI) – "Do no harm" is a motto that many professions do their best to respect – including marine biologists. When studying delicate soft-bodied organisms, doing no harm is …

[ad_1] Researchers in Argentina have discovered what they call the oldest known giant dinosaur and this is changing the way paleontologists view the evolution of dinosaurs as a whole. A recently published …

[ad_1] A new species of wasp with a ferocious weapon – baptized Clistopyga crbadicaudata – was discovered in the west of the Amazon. Clistopyga crbadicaudata . Photo credit: University of Turku. Clistopyga …