Animals can talk over huge distances – but humans might be changing their range
Animals are noisy. And their noises can travel a long way. But making sounds can be…
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Hunting for elusive “ghost elephants”
[embedded content] Deep in the Angolan Highlands lurks a rumored new species of elephant. Conservationist and…
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The ‘hobbits’ mysteriously disappeared 50,000 years ago. Our new study reveals what happened to their home
About 50,000 years ago, humanity lost one of its last surviving hominin cousins, Homo floresiensis (also…
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Whale and dolphin migrations are being disrupted by climate change
For millennia, some of the world’s largest filter-feeding whales, including humpbacks, fin whales, and blue whales,…
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Birds all over the world use the same sound to warn of threats
Language enables us to connect with each other and coordinate to achieve incredible feats. Our ability…
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William: Attenborough was ‘inspiration’ for new show
The Prince of Wales has described Sir David Attenborough as a “big inspiration” to him growing…
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Sluggish sloth’s secrets of success revealed in new study
3 days ago Helen Briggs BBC environment correspondent•@hbriggs Getty Images Sloths have a reputation for being…
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This elephant figured out how to use a hose to shower
And the hose-showering behavior was “lateralized,” that is, Mary preferred targeting her left body side more…
