5+ hour, 16+ min ago   (597+ words) The genomes of true frogs have long puzzled geneticists. Amphibians are famous for carrying some of the largest and most repetitive genomes among vertebrates, and yet the detailed architecture of their repetitive DNA has remained poorly explored compared with mammals,…...

15+ hour, 7+ min ago   (325+ words) Pregnancy can last just a few weeks in some animals, while others carry their young for many months. But there is one animal whose pregnancy is so long that it can stretch to almost two years. So, which animal has…...

13+ hour, 14+ min ago   (681+ words) Across the flooded fields and scrubby foothills of South Asia lives a frog that most people, including many biologists, would struggle to tell apart from its close relatives. The burrowing frog Sphaerotheca maskeyi, a medium-sized member of the family Dicroglossidae,…...

14+ hour, 28+ min ago   (675+ words) Edible insects have been heralded as one of the most sustainable protein sources on the planet, but there has always been an awkward catch: many people simply do not like the way they smell or taste....

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1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (293+ words) A cameraman waited 17 hours in freezing cold to capture this unbelievable polar bear shot. “This is the most incredible perspective of a polar bear that I’ve ever seen—down to the way the ice, water, and bubbles frame the bear’s…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (691+ words) Note: This article was originally published 30 years ago, on Aug. 7, 1996. Brian Barnes and author Ned Rozell have since retired from the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and scientists now know that the wood frog’s internal body temperature can dip to 0.6 degrees…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (185+ words) Activity Database on Education and Research However, assessing the death of a particular plankton population out of a community consisting of hundreds of coexisting species poses a complex challenge. A team of researchers at Kyoto University addressed this by focusing…...

3+ day, 18+ min ago   (340+ words) HOEDSPRUIT – For many people, a pangolin rescue may begin with a simple act of intervention, but for Nonna, it became a nearly two-year battle for survival that tested both her resilience and the dedication of the team caring for her....

3+ day, 39+ min ago   (324+ words) Pangolin scales seized in Meghalaya highlight the illegal wildlife trade. Know why pangolins are trafficked, species found in India, IUCN status, CITES protection and UPSC facts. The pangolin has come into focus after around 24 kg of pangolin scales were seized…...