Animals

The critters that teach us what it means to be human.

Animals
These insects preserved in amber are still glowing 99 million years later
The fossilized insects are a rare find for paleontologists.
Kat EschnerJuly 2, 2020

Environment
Beavers might be making the Arctic melt even faster
As the rodents move into the tundra, they could be furthering climate change.
By Ula Chrobak
Animals
Hummingbirds can see colors we can’t even imagine
The birds can distinguish hues in combinations of ultraviolet and visible light that puts our own technicolor vision to shame.
Kate Baggaley
Health
Sometimes being a scientist means feeding bed bugs your own blood
Bed bugs raised in a lab get hungry, too.
Kat Eschner

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Animals
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