Jake Buehler
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Huge-Jawed 'Terminator Pigs' Unfairly Painted as Predators, Researchers Say
Ancient entelodonts are routinely portrayed as brutal carnivores, but they probably kept to the same menu as today's pigs and peccaries. → Read More
A Billion Years Before Sex, Ancient Cells Were Equipped for It
Molecular detective work is zeroing in on the origins of sexual reproduction. The protein tools for cell mergers seem to have long predated sex — so what were they doing? → Read More
Spider Seen Collecting Water, Possibly to Dunk Its Meal Like a Cookie in Milk
Rehydrating insect leftovers could be an easy way to get more out of a meal. → Read More
Ancient Penis Worms Commandeered Shells for Self-Defense, Fossils Show
Paleontologists were surprised by the discovery of 500-million-year-old fossils that reveal penis worms inside shells. → Read More
How Transparent, 'Vampire' Catfish May Travel Unseen Through the Amazon River
Candiru crave blood, but the strange fish may use their hosts in more ways than previously known. → Read More
The Complex Truth About ‘Junk DNA’
Genomes hold immense quantities of noncoding DNA. Some of it is essential for life, some seems useless, and some has its own agenda. → Read More
This Worm Has 100 Butts
In Greek mythology, the hydra is a creature with many heads. In Norse mythology, Odin rides Sleipnir—a horse with many legs. And in the warm, coastal waters of Australia lives Ramisyllis multicaudata, the worm with many butts. → Read More
This Worm Has 100 Butts
In Greek mythology, the hydra is a creature with many heads. In Norse mythology, Odin rides Sleipnir — a horse with many legs. And in the warm, coastal waters of Australia lives Ramisyllis multicaudata, the worm with many butts. The creature is shaped somewhat like a tree, with a single... → Read More
Adorable 'Porg' Pterosaur Flapped Above Jurassic China
The big-eyed, arrestingly cute critter is a newly described species of pterosaur named Sinomacrops bondei, apparently evolution’s answer to the question, “what if frog, but also bat, but also dragon?” → Read More
Adorable 'Porg' Pterosaur Flapped Above Jurassic China
As the sun sets over what will become northern China in 160 million years, something small dives between the trunks of tree ferns, intercepting a dragonfly mid-flight. It lands in the canopy to gulp down its squirming prize. The big-eyed, arrestingly cute critter is a newly described species of pterosaur... → Read More
Electric Eels Seen Hunting in Groups for the First Time
Long thought to be exclusively solitary predators of slow, murky rivers, new research suggests electric eels can hunt in groups, cooperatively training their electric pulses on schools of prey fish. → Read More
Scientists Discover Short-Legged Corgi Giraffes
Being extremely tall is sort of a giraffe’s whole thing. So when scientists recently spotted two wild giraffes with relatively short legs — nearly halving their adult height — they were stunned. “The initial reaction was a bit of curious disbelief,” said Michael Brown, a conservation biologist with the Giraffe... → Read More
Scientists Discover Short-Legged Corgi Giraffes
Being extremely tall is sort of a giraffe’s whole thing. So when scientists recently spotted two wild giraffes with relatively short legs—nearly halving their adult height—they were stunned. → Read More
Many Big-Brained Birds Have Human-Like Lifespans—but Why?
Some birds are gifted with shockingly long lives. In captivity, crows can live into their 50s. Certain parrot species can live nearly a century. Curiously, these birds also have proportionately massive brains, which power considerable (and sometimes unnerving) intelligence. According to new research, it turns out that this longevity and brain size are closely linked: long life tends to evolve in… → Read More
Qatar's Deserts are Hot, Dry, and Full of Invasive Toads
As the sun descends behind sand dunes and wind-carved escarpments, central Qatar’s Al Rayyan region gets a reprieve from the intense heat of day. In the calm of twilight, a once-foreign sound emerges: the rasping croaking of toads drifts in over miles of parched rock and sand. Qatar’s harsh landscape is home to a growing population of African common toads, bounding into the broiling desert, and… → Read More
Some Ticks Pee All Over Themselves While They Suck Blood
Right now, as summer broils the northern hemisphere, countless animals are trying to dump heat. Dogs are panting. Burrowing animals are scurrying underground. Humans are sweating buckets (and we’re extremely good at sweating). But when ticks need to cool off, they really commit. In a blow to the sterling reputation... → Read More
Some Ticks Pee All Over Themselves While They Suck Blood
Right now, as summer broils the northern hemisphere, countless animals are trying to dump heat. Dogs are panting. Burrowing animals are scurrying underground. Humans are sweating buckets (and we’re extremely good at sweating). But when ticks need to cool off, they really commit. In a blow to the sterling reputation of the tick, new research suggests that the parasites keep cool by pissing on… → Read More
Birds Are Judging You by Your Outfit
You might be able to quickly recognize a friend from afar based on their body language or their personal fashion choices. It turns out that some birds do the same thing, recognizing familiar, harmless humans by their clothing. → Read More
Hawks' Forbidden Love Results In A Rare Hybrid
She was a common black hawk. He was a red-shouldered hawk. They weren’t in the same genus, let alone the same species, and they normally don’t even live in the same part of the continent. But in a strange twist of fate, none of that mattered: It was love at first screech.... → Read More
Hawks’ Forbidden Love Results in a Rare Hybrid
She was a common black hawk. He was a red-shouldered hawk. They weren’t in the same genus, let alone the same species, and they normally don’t even live in the same part of the continent. But in a strange twist of fate, none of that mattered: It was love at first screech. → Read More