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Should we rename the Hitler beetle or the Mussolini butterfly? Scientists are shockingly divided.
By Harry Baker published
Some scientists are pushing for species named after offensive people such as Hitler to be renamed, but the official governing body that guides species renaming is opposed.
Human elbows and shoulders evolved as 'brakes' for climbing ape ancestors
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
Researchers studied chimpanzee and monkey anatomy to better understand how humans evolved to have flexible shoulders and elbows.
1st of its kind footage shows guard dogs saving sheep from puma attack on a pitch black mountain
By Hannah Osborne published
The footage of a puma hunting sheep was captured with thermal imaging cameras in the Patagonian wilderness as part of a new National Geographic show.
Florida alligator weighing over 900 pounds could have been 90 years old when caught
By Hannah Osborne published
The enormous alligator was over 13 feet long and weighed 920 pounds — the second heaviest ever to be caught in Florida.
Ancient sea monsters grew their long necks super fast after Great Dying by adding more vertebrae
By Ethan Freedman published
Some of these aquatic reptiles of the dinosaur era had dozens of individual bones running down their long necks.
Tortoise beetle larvae use their telescopic anuses to build shields from shed skin and poop
By Richard Pallardy published
Many tortoise beetle larvae create shields for themselves using faeces and old skin. Scientists have now looked at how and why they create these poop parasols.
Which animal has the shortest life span?
By Patrick Pester published
Mayflies are famous for cramming an entire life into a single day, but that's not strictly true.
Watch bear and wolf attack moose mom and calf at same time in rare, remarkable footage
By Ethan Freedman published
In camera trap footage captured in the Alaskan wilderness, the moose appears to try to fight off the bear, as the wolf goes after the calf.
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