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Oil drilling, mining blocked from southeast New Mexico cave system
Carlsbad Current-Argus via Yahoo News· 12 hours agoExisting, valid mineral rights remained in place. No new prospecting permits or mineral leasing...
Wildfires in Arizona are getting worse due to invasive species, new study says
The Arizona Republic· 2 days agoWildfires in Arizona are burning hotter, faster and more often, in part due to a selection of...
How do fireflies light up?
Live Science via Yahoo News· 14 hours agoWhen fireflies have finished metamorphosing and reach adulthood, they make new light organs. But the overall system is the same, with light coming from...
Should we ditch the names of Hitler beetles, Mussolini butterflies?
dpa international via Yahoo News· 16 hours agoIt is just 5 millimetres long and tends to live hidden in caves and although many experts have never...
Youngest African penguins at National Aviary receive new names, join penguin colony
WPXI via Yahoo News· 4 days agoSEE PHOTOS OF THE PENGUINS! Rita Mae and Dave...social skills. In October, parents Patrick and Owen...
The incredible case of the only known individual whose parents were two different species
UNILAD· 3 days agoA lot less is known about the Denisovans, another close relative who lived in the Lower and Middle...
Oldest Known Human Viruses Found in 50,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Bones
ScienceAlert via Yahoo News· 5 days agoPreviously, researchers suggested that infectious diseases could have contributed to the Neanderthals...prove that at least the genomes of these viruses can be found in Neanderthal remains," ...
China's 'heavenly pits': The giant sinkholes that have ancient forests growing within
Live Science via Yahoo News· 3 days agoChina's southwestern karst landscape is pockmarked with dozens of enormous sinkholes that look like...
How Neanderthal language differed from modern human – they probably didn’t use metaphors
The Raw Story· 3 days agoThe Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis) fascinate researchers and the general public alike....
Meet 18 ‘Aquatic-Venomous’ Animals, Revealed In Dazzling Underwater Photos
Forbes· 2 days agoMost people, when asked, are able to name a few venomous aquatic animals. Jellyfish, sea snakes and stingrays are some species that readily come to mind. Beyond mere curiosity ...