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Half-billion-year-old fossil of strange Cambrian creature gives evolutionary clues about vertebrates
Live Science via Yahoo News· 11 months agothree red sea squirts attached to a coral bed with white strands Sea squirts belong to the sister...
Lampreys offer clues to the origin of our fight-or-flight instinct
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThere are 43 known species of lampreys, They are found in coastal and fresh waters in temperate...
Frogs and toads have special traits | ECOVIEWS
The Tuscaloosa News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoQ. Last year, you provided facts about salamanders. What can you tell us about frogs and toads? How are they different from other animals? What makes...
Most of the world's animals lay eggs | ECOVIEWS
The Tuscaloosa News via Yahoo News· 1 week agoQ. When we studied high school biology, our teacher said more than 99% of animals lay eggs and only a few give live birth. That percentage seems too...
Salamanders have some fascinatingly unusual traits | ECOVIEWS
The Tuscaloosa News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoQ. Salamanders come in many colors and are widespread, yet they seem to be one of the...
Climate warming is altering animals' gut microbes, which are critical to their health and survival
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA snapshot of the rich plant diversity in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Gui Becker, CC BY-SAIt...
What is the smallest animal ever?
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThe world's smallest frog can fit on a dime. E.N. Rittmeyer et al. (2012) Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d...
Do octopuses dream of electric eels? Brainwave studies find octopus and human neural similarities
Salon via Yahoo News· 12 months agoOctopus laqueus during quiet sleepKeishu Asada / Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology If...
Can humans see ultraviolet light?
Live Science via Yahoo News· 2 months agoPeople at a party. There is a purple-tinted light and paint on the people is glowing under the UV light. The colors of the rainbow are all around us, but...
The wet world of the salamander
The News-Messenger via Yahoo News· 3 months ago“It is so chilly that it puts out fire by its contact, in the same way as ice does. It vomits from its mouth a milky slaver, one touch of which on any...
