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As bird flu spreads to minks, sea lions and other mammals, scientists are on alert for dangerous...
NBC Universal via AOL· 1 year agoAdapted to birds, the H5N1 avian flu has been found in various mammals. But it would need a...
Bird Flu Is Infecting More Mammals. What Does That Mean for Us?
The New York Times via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoIn her three decades of working with elephant seals, Dr. Marcela Uhart had never seen anything like...
The planet's first filter feeder could be this extinct marine reptile
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 9 months agoReconstruction of Hupehsuchus about to engulf a shoal of shrimp. Baleen whales like humpbacks,...
How 10 animals evolved their iconic features
Live Science via Yahoo News· 4 months agoPattern on the carapace or dorsal shell of an Ornate or Western Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata. Animals come in all shapes and sizes, and many have iconic...
Why sick minks are reigniting worries about bird flu
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA recent bird flu outbreak at a mink farm has reignited worries about the virus spreading more broadly to people. Scientists have been keeping tabs on...
Turtles laid eggs eons before chickens | ECOVIEWS
The Tuscaloosa News via Yahoo News· 12 months ago. A couple of decades ago, in my herpetology class at the University of Georgia, we were discussing evolutionary ecology and someone asked the age-old...
10 Species Driven Toward Extinction by Cats
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe first cats were domesticated thousands of years ago, but we still don’t seem to have much control over them. Many people let their cats come and go...
Largest penguin ever discovered weighed a whopping 340 pounds, fossils reveal
Live Science via Yahoo News· 1 year agoResearchers in New Zealand have unearthed fossils from two previously unknown ancient penguin...
Long before whales, pioneering marine reptile was a filter-feeder
Reuters via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe blue whale and other baleen whales, the gentle giants of the sea, sift huge quantities of tiny...
Experimental technology enabled a historic moon landing
CNN via Yahoo News· 2 months agoEditor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To get it...
