Scientists hid speakers along a third of a mile of hiking trail in Boulder, Colorado, to fake a richer birdsong chorus, and hikers who…
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 17, 2026
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When researchers paired a human scent with the mechanical shock of a swat, female Aedes mosquitoes learned to avoid that individual odour…
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 17, 2026
Ostriches do not bury their heads in sand — they would suffocate
By Mal James · Jul 17, 2026
Wombats are the only known animals that produce cube-shaped faeces, and researchers found the corners are not carved at the exit but…
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 17, 2026
A dog year is not seven human years: dogs age fastest when young, so a one-year-old is more like a teenager than a seven-year-old, and a…
By Mal James · Jul 17, 2026
A fish believed to have died out with the dinosaurs was pulled up alive in a net, a living fossil that had been quietly surviving in the…
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 16, 2026
A 2015 study linked longer mutual gaze in some dog-owner pairs with higher urinary oxytocin
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 16, 2026
Scientists discovered that ordinary air filters can capture DNA floating through the atmosphere, identifying nearby wildlife, viruses and…
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 15, 2026
A three-millimetre jellyfish found in oceans worldwide can reverse its own life cycle when injured or starving, melting back into its…
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 15, 2026
A shark that lives in the freezing Arctic can survive for roughly 400 years and does not reach adulthood until around 150
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 15, 2026
In the final minutes of a deep-sea dive, scientists saw white clams and giant tube worms surrounding volcanic vents and realized they had…
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 15, 2026
Humans have roughly 10 times as many sweat glands per square inch as chimpanzees, yet a Duke study found our bodies turn over 30 to 50 per…
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 14, 2026