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31+ min ago   (171+ words) Eagle-Tribune The Trump administration is removing protections from the key places where endangered species live, saying states can keep the areas safe. But experts say states aren’t equipped for the task. Javascript is required for you to be able…...

1+ hour, 11+ min ago   (34+ words) Brown tree snake (IMAGE) EurekAlert! Brown tree snakes are an invasive species to Guam. More on this News Release How did inbred brown tree snakes take over Guam? New study suggests hidden genetic diversity...

1+ hour ago   (631+ words) Chongqing - How can a giraffe drink without getting dizzy? Why are zebras covered in black-and-white stripes? And what led the aardwolf — a rare member of the hyena family — to become one of nature's most specialized termite hunters? These and other…...

46+ min ago   (838+ words) It’s not exactly Jurassic Park, but there is a movement to-reintroduce the grizzly bear to California. The United States Fish & Wildfire Service was officially petitioned to do just that in 2014 and promptly rejected it. That led to the formation of…...

31+ min ago   (266+ words) Eagle-Tribune An Atlantic puffin off the Isles of Shoals in Rye, most likely looking for food, scientists said. RYE, N.H. — Every summer, New Hampshire’s seacoast draws visitors in droves, from sunbathing tourists to ravenous greenhead horseflies. Less expected are…...

10+ hour, 31+ min ago   (775+ words) The Sea Center on Stearns Wharf is the new home of two 18-armed, tube-footed, pale purple urchin eaters called Sunflower Stars (Pycnopodia helianthoides as they are known to scientists). The outbreak of sea star-wasting disease in 2013-14 devastated Sunflower Stars. It…...

31+ min ago   (980+ words) Every summer, New Hampshire’s seacoast draws visitors in droves, from sunbathing tourists to ravenous greenhead horseflies. Less expected are Atlantic puffins, which are rare in the state year-round and in summertime become so uncommon that a sighting triggers a statewide…...

31+ min ago   (609+ words) (Stéphane Granzotto via SWNS) Blowing bubbles helps sperm whales sleep soundly beneath the waves, new research reveals. It stops them from floating to the surface while they're grabbing a nap, say scientists. While little is known about how sperm whales…...

1+ hour, 28+ min ago   (469+ words) Most people have a porch or something similar which allows them to sit and watch what’s happening outside. That “porch” could be anything from a deck to a room in the house with a good-sized window. It might even be…...

46+ min ago   (688+ words) Two animal mysteries associated with coastlines intrigue me. Who ate the first raw oyster? Who picked up the first horseshoe crab? The first person who pried open what looks like a rough gray rock and scooped out the gooey insides…...