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Ecology

Bat-roost? To curb malaria!

110 years ago, one man set out to rid Texas of Malaria – with the help of what was then a very unlikely...

BiochemistryEcologyEvolutionFeaturedPhysiology

What makes poison dart frog resistant to their own poison?

Poison dart frogs store Batrachotoxin, a steroidal alkaloid toxin in their skin glands. A single amino acid substitution is responsible for the resistance...

Animal DiversityEvolutionFeaturedPaleontology

New ant species discovered with metal reinforced mouth parts

These predatory ants must have fed on soft bodied animals. When they encounter their prey, their clypeal hairs touch its body. This triggers...

Animal DiversityEcology

Sea Snake swallowing a big eel in whole

Video features a banded sea krait swallowing a big whole moray eel as big as it is. This video is taken by a diving...

Anatomy

This deer was shot several years prior and when they dressed it out they found this!

Take a close look at this, absolutely amazing! This deer was shot with an arrow years ago. Lucky, the shot was not fatal,...

Animal DiversityPaleontology

Giant Beaver, one of the largest known rodents

Giant beaver or Castoroides is an extinct genus of enormous beavers that lived in North America during the Pleistocene. Giant beavers were much...

Animal DiversityPaleontology

Giant Beaver, one of the largest known rodents

Giant beaver or Castoroides is an extinct genus of enormous beavers that lived in North America during the Pleistocene. Giant beavers were much...