Tasmanian Devil Tumor Disease Kills Over 30 in Woolnorth Road

Medicine & Technology Mar 12, 2021

Tasmanian devil tumor disease or Tasmanian devil facial tumor disease or DFDT has helped lower the carnivorous marsupial populations by approximately up to 90 percent in some areas.

Intelligent Cuttlefish Passes the Stanford Marshmallow Experiment; Did It Get a Reward?

Mar 02, 2021

Cuttlefish can pass a fishy version of Stanford's marshmallow test. Those that can delay gratification the longest are the most intelligent.

Australia's Baarack the Sheep Finally Looses 78 Lbs of Weight After Getting a Much-Needed Wool Clip

Feb 28, 2021

A sheep wandering around the Australian bushland for years received a much-needed trim after being rescued by an animal sanctuary.

Koala Bears Battle With Cancer and STD Caused By Retrovirus

Feb 28, 2021

Analysis of 10 koala DNA samples shows that koalas have been infected by a retrovirus roughly 50,000 years ago that inserts themselves near genes that are closely linked with STDs and specific cancers.

Biologists Stunned at Unusual Yellowish-Gold King Penguin

Feb 23, 2021

An unusual and rare yellowish-gold king penguin was photographed on the shores of South Georgia island that stunned biologists. Its color aberration leads biologists to debate whether it has lost all or only some of its melanin pigment.

Bizarre Condition Has Left Deer With Hair Growing From Its Eyeballs

Feb 22, 2021

This deer from Tennessee suffers from corneal dermoids, a rare and bizarre condition, giving it hairy eyeballs.

Marmots Use Own Language to Communicate With Tribe, Researchers Recorded Screams for Study

Feb 21, 2021

Researchers discovered that European marmots use their own secret language to communicate with their families to distinguish their tribe from others.

Black-Footed Ferret is First Cloned Endangered Species in the US

Feb 18, 2021

Elizabeth Ann, the black-footed ferret, becomes the first-ever cloned US endangered species whose DNA came from another black-footed ferret that died over 30 years ago.

Study Shows Robotic Nose More Sensitive to Odor Than Cancer-Detecting Dogs

Feb 18, 2021

A study reveals dogs have the ability to smell prostate cancer that could stimulate 'robotic noses' in order to sniff out the illness via a technique called 'machine olfaction.'

Did Scientists Just Discover The Oldest DNA Ever From a Million-Year-Old Mammoth?

Feb 17, 2021

Have you ever wondered how and why the genus breaks up into new organisms? Perhaps the answer lies in the oldest DNA ever sequenced.

Which Animals Will Most Likely Cause The Next Big Pandemic?

Feb 17, 2021

Before another big pandemic hits, scientists want to know which animals the next coronavirus pandemic might come from to combat it as its very roots.

How Birds Developed Thicker Down Jackets to Survive the Cold

Feb 15, 2021

The environment, temperatures, and altitude have significant effects on a bird's down feathers. Data gathered also helps researchers identify how birds tackle the challenges of the climate crisis.

Mysterious Decline of Australia's Urban Platypuses

Feb 15, 2021

Research shows the troubling future platypuses face and the mysterious population decline that has gone unnoticed due to the mammal's elusiveness.

Scientists Reveal That Pigs Can Play Video Games Through Their Snouts

Feb 11, 2021

Scientists recently discovered that pigs could be trained to play video games. It demonstrated the potential of said animals' notable mental and behavioral flexibility levels.

Scientists Reveal Discovery of How Some Butterflies Become Poisonous

Feb 09, 2021

Recently discovered were the Atala butterfly or Eumaeus Atala and five of its closest relatives in the 'genus Eumaeus like to exhibit to display their toxicity.'