Collaborate Disseminate
Two lion siblings have set a new record for long-distance swimming, paddling across a treacherous stretch of river infested with crocodiles and hippos, on an epic adventure to find female mates.Continue ReadingCategory: Biology, ScienceTags: Griffith U… Continue reading Lion brothers make death-defying record swim across croc-infested river
For the first time, scientists have discovered that hippos get significant airtime when they’re at full-trot, able to lift their enormous bodies off the ground for around 15% of their stride. It’s unique among mammals their size, with both elephants an… Continue reading Hippos get airborne at top speed, and we’ve somehow only just found out
If you’ve ever seen TV cat behavioralist Jackson Galaxy at work, you’ll know that while we may (well, many of us) love feline company, there’s a lot we don’t understand about their needs. Now, a new study delves deep into the domestic lives of cat fami… Continue reading Why your cat shreds the sofa – and how to get them to stop for good
Geese have a reputation for being aggressive, unpleasant birds, so imagine one that’s more than 2 m (6.6 ft) tall and weighs about 230 kg (507 lb). That’s Genyornis newtoni, an Ice Age “thunder bird” from Australia, for which scientists have now found … Continue reading Colossal skull discovery shows that “thunder bird” was a giant goose
If you have even a casual curiosity about the angriest crustacean on the planet, you’ll know that the infamous mantis shrimp is in possession of a club-shaped claw that can deliver punishing blows to everything from hard-shelled prey to thick aquarium … Continue reading Watch: Mantis shrimp takes .22-caliber bullet punch using built-in shield
There are so many ways to say hello. People wave, bow, shake hands, hug, kiss, fist bump, say “hi” or any combo of these. But there’s one greeting from nature that we sure hope doesn’t catch on, as a new study finds that elephants often greet chums wit… Continue reading Excretings! Elephants say hello in a way you’ll never forget
The six-foot-tall raptors in the Jurassic Park movies were terrifying enough, but now scientists have described a giant new raptor species whose legs alone were that tall.Continue ReadingCategory: Biology, ScienceTags: Dinosaurs, University of Queensla… Continue reading Giant raptor dinosaur had legs taller than you
Tardigrades are famously tough little critters, and good for them – but what’s in it for us? We might now be closer to hijacking their superpowers for our own benefit, with a new study finding that tardigrade proteins can protect human cells from damag… Continue reading Tardigrade proteins upgrade damage resistance of human cells
We’re a step closer to seeing a live woolly mammoth walking the Earth for the first time in 4,000 years. Colossal Biosciences, a company dedicated to the controversial-but-unquestionably-cool goal of resurrecting extinct species, has now announced a ma… Continue reading Resurrecting the mammoth: Elephant breakthrough gets us a step closer
A tiny, newly-discovered minnow has measured louder than gunshots, jet engines or most competition-grade car stereos on the decibel scale – which raises the question: how on Earth was it not discovered earlier? It hasn’t exactly been discreet.Continue … Continue reading HALF-INCH FISH COMMUNICATES AT 140 DECIBELS!!!