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Greater wax moths have evolved the ability to hear sounds at frequencies even their predators can't detect.
- Added: May 20, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Seabirds and their eggs help scientists track global pollution.
- Added: May 20, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Unborn baby sharks gobble up their brothers and sisters in the womb.
- Added: May 17, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Climate change could make snowshoe hare camouflage less protective.
- Added: May 06, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Giant East African land snails are wreaking havoc in South Florida.
- Added: Apr 30, 2013
- Length: 01:00
A class of pesticides known as neonicotinoids, or neonics, was recently implicated in the large numbers of honeybee deaths beekeepers have been exp...
- Added: Apr 22, 2013
- Length: 07:57
Inspired by animals, researchers have created robots that can traverse sand.
- Added: Apr 08, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Mysterious “fairy circles” on African plains are caused by termites, which destroy patches of grass but help the surrounding grass thrive.
- Added: Apr 08, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Using frozen DNA, researchers have created early-stage embryos of an extinct frog.
- Added: Apr 08, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Fur seals sleep with on half of their brain at a time.
- Added: Mar 08, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Two potentially dangerous chemicals have been discovered at the Johnson Hardware Building on North Madison Street in downtown Bloomington. The vapo...
- Added: Mar 06, 2013
- Length: 08:58
A newly discovered but long-extinct whale species may have eaten sharks.
- Added: Feb 23, 2013
- Length: 01:00
A world of bacterial life inhabits storm clouds high in the atmosphere.
- Added: Feb 10, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Dung beetles use the Milky Way to roll their dung balls in a straight line.
- Added: Feb 06, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Migraine headaches are associated with lightning storms.
- Added: Feb 02, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Fireflies are inspiring the design of more efficient LED lights.
- Added: Jan 22, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Some dinosaurs may have used feathers to show off, much like some modern birds.
- Added: Jan 05, 2013
- Length: 01:00
A type of plant can sense mating chemicals from fruit flies, and builds up its defenses when it does.
- Added: Jan 05, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Female songbirds sometimes have a hard time separating truly worthy male crooners from the fly-by-night wannabees.
- Added: Jan 05, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Big brains are detrimental in some animal species.
- Added: Jan 05, 2013
- Length: 01:00
The Twa people of Uganda climb trees with ease. A new study suggests that the trait may be the result of practical necessity.
- Added: Jan 05, 2013
- Length: 01:00
The blind mole rat, like its distant cousin the naked mole rat, never gets cancer.
- Added: Dec 03, 2012
- Length: 01:00
Climate change may have unraveled the sophisticated Maya empire.
- Added: Dec 03, 2012
- Length: 01:00
The new science of paleotempestology studies ocean sediment to uncover ancient hurricanes.
- Added: Nov 21, 2012
- Length: 01:00
Scientists have isolated a potent painkiller from the venom of the deadly black mamba snake.
- Added: Nov 21, 2012
- Length: 01:00
