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Snake that hunts with fake spider on its tail shocks scientists
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (644+ words) Published Sep 10, 2026 10:00 AM EDT True to its name, Iran’s spider-tailed horned viper (Pseudocerastes urarachnoides) has a rather novel strategy. It uses a tail that looks like a spider to lure birds trying to eat the decoy spider. When the time…...
Yes, scientists really built a “tickle robot.” Here’s why.
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (408+ words) Published Sep 9, 2026 9:00 AM EDT FACT: Hector the tickle robot is real, and they’re spectacular FACT: How prickly ash and chili pepper combine to create a fascinating taste explosion This week’s episode features special guest Priya Mani. She’s a food historian,…...
New data flips the narrative on how lions and hyenas interact in the wild
4+ day, 15+ hour ago (437+ words) Published Sep 9, 2026 12:00 AM EDT In The Lion King, the hyenas Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed were at the evil lion Scar’s every beck and call. And while the Disney team probably didn’t spend an extensive amount of time observing lions and…...
National Park Service’s WWII series highlights Washington State nature reserve
4+ day, 23+ hour ago (231+ words) Published Sep 8, 2026 4:30 PM EDT As the National Park Service (NPS) continues highlighting the many roles of its parks during World War II, the western most landmass in the contiguous United States is getting its due: Olympic National Park. The many…...
Ancient American cheetahs were not exactly cheetah-like
1+ week, 2+ day ago (146+ words) Published Sep 4, 2026 11:00 AM EDT “It’s really surprising and exciting to identify another predator present in Beringia,” Molly Cassatt-Johnstone, an evolutionary biologist at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC), said in a statement. Berinigia is the ancient stretch of land…...
Raccoon rescued after sticking its head in a Cape Cod drain grate
1+ week, 6+ day ago (370+ words) Published Aug 31, 2026 12:11 PM EDT Animals sometimes get stuck in the strangest (and most terrible) of places. From a peanut butter jar to a car’s front grill, wildlife experts have certainly seen it all. But when Cape Wildlife Center in Barnstable,…...
How do you find Eastern box turtle nests? You’ll need a spool of thread.
2+ week, 5+ day ago (513+ words) Published Aug 25, 2026 11:03 AM EDT Earlier this year, a team of researchers in Virginia spent more than eight weeks tracking down Eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina) nests, employing a technique that seems straight out of ancient Greece’s Minotaur myth. The…...
Florida zoo treats a manatee, a duck, and a chick with acupuncture
2+ week, 6+ day ago (205+ words) Published Aug 24, 2026 3:07 PM EDT According to the Mayo Clinic, acupuncture involves putting very thin needles through the skin at strategic points on your body, and is most commonly used to treat pain. Fourteen-year-old Earl Grey was treated with electroacupuncture after…...
Baby raccoon wrestling shenanigans caught on wildlife center camera
3+ week, 2+ day ago (127+ words) Published Aug 21, 2026 11:14 AM EDT For those of you wondering if more intimate nighttime activities are also taking place, Patel explains that raccoons don’t become sexually mature until they’re around 10 months old. By then,they will be returned to the wild....
11 stunning images celebrating Earth’s life—and the scientists who study it
3+ week, 3+ day ago (377+ words) Published Aug 20, 2026 11:00 AM EDT An expressive little orange-tailed marsh dart damselfly (Ceriagrion cerinorubellum) peering through a hole in a leaf is the winner of the 2026 BMC Ecology and Evolution and BMC Zoology image competition. Since 2023, the annual competition highlights the…...