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Enlarge / That is an aptly named sheep. (credit: California Department of Fish and Game/Tim Glenner) In many areas of the globe, native species have been wiped out of large areas of their range even though some habitats that could support them were left intact or later restored. That has allowed conservationists to reintroduce these […]
Enlarge / Big eyes help you avoid dinosaurs. (credit: Thach Mai Hoang) Most mammals are nocturnal, but even those mammals that are not nocturnal have large eyes that are better suited to dim light. Their eyes are more similar to the eyes of nocturnal animals in other clades than to the eyes of animals that […]
Under threat from overfishing, pollution, fur-trapping and other human-induced hazards, these remarkable beasts cling on in niche environments. One of the most perfect, for them and for nature film-makers like Charlie Hamilton-James, are the spring-fed rivers of Florida, stuffed with food and clear enough for extensive filming. Charlie knows otters well, he even adopted a […]
Enlarge (credit: Brandon Weeks) In 2015, mechanical engineers at Georgia Institute of Technology calculated that all mammals take about the same amount of time to empty their bladders: roughly 21 seconds of urinating. With the finding, they won an Ig Nobel prize—parody Nobel awards given to comical, yet interesting research. In pursuit of further toilet […]
