NATURE: Tiny Animal Superpowers
Nature documentaries showcase the most exciting moments of daily life in the natural world, and a new series reveals that survival for some of the tiniest creatures can be as … Read more
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Female Python Gives Birth Without Male Contact in At Least 15 Years
Snake #361003 at the Saint Louis Zoo has laid a clutch of eggs despite not being near a male snake in decades. The ball python, at least 62-years-old, surely deserves … Read more
NATURE: This Vampire Parasite Eats Tongues
When scientists recently X-rayed a fish’s head, they found a gruesome stowaway: A “vampire” crustacean had devoured, then replaced, its host’s tongue. The buglike isopod, also called a tongue biter … Read more
New Zealand Scientists Find a Vampire Tree
In a forest in New Zealand, a vampire clings to life. Once a mighty kauri tree — a species of conifer that can grow up to 165 feet (50 meters) … Read more