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Scientists discover monkeys getting heavier as climate warms

Pranjal Malewar -
A small, wide-eyed primate that lives in the forests of northern Argentina has quietly been going against everything biologists thought they knew. The average weight...
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Even a hiker changes how wildlife moves through the wild

Amit Malewar -
A hiker crossing a remote meadow, a car passing through a national forest, a jogger on a trail, for decades, ecologists have measured humanity's...
Wildlife

Bats use a hidden sound map to fly through darkness, new study reveals

Amit Malewar -
If you have ever watched a bat cut through the night sky, it almost feels unreal. No light, no landmarks, yet no crashes either....
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Giant prehistoric kangaroos were likely able to hop, fossil study suggests

Amit Malewar -
Fossils show giant prehistoric kangaroos could still hop
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Chimpanzees expand territory to boost reproduction, long-term study finds

Amit Malewar -
Fifteen years ago, researchers working deep in Uganda's Kibale National Park watched something unsettling unfold. The Ngogo chimpanzees, one of the largest known chimp...
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Ancient sea sponges may have been Earth’s earliest animals

Amit Malewar -
Researchers traced chemical fossils in ancient rocks to the ancestors of modern-day demosponges.
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Plant-based diets for dogs found to be better than meat

Pranjal Malewar -
A major opportunity for pet food companies to mitigate the environmental footprint of companion animal food.
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Gray wolves migrate during pup-rearing outside Arctic regions

Amit Malewar -
Wolves on the move, Even with pups in tow.
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Chimps Reveal Clues to Human Evolution

Amit Malewar -
From branches to bipedalism.
Wildlife

Scientists find lost species of the world’s smallest snake

Amit Malewar -
‘Lost’ species finally found.
Wildlife

City parks reveal surprising wildlife secrets from soil

Amit Malewar -
How our footprint echoes through the soil?
Wildlife

Scientists crack the mystery of the “orange fur” in cats

Amit Malewar -
A small deletion in a gene on the X-chromosome lies behind the fiery coats of ginger tabbies.
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Research reveals how Sculpins use microscopic features to stay put

Pranjal Malewar -
Marine organisms like sculpins serve as models for designing efficient human-engineered devices.
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Lost elders, lost wisdom: How elephant societies suffer without their leader

Pranjal Malewar -
Elephant culture in crisis.
Wildlife

Bonobos and chimpanzees show empathy towards each other through consolatory behaviors

Pranjal Malewar -
It is the first time that the two species’ consolation tendencies have been directly compared.
Wildlife

16-million-year-old: A new dirt ant species in Dominican amber

Pranjal Malewar -
Ancient 'dirt ant' fossil reveals secrets of stealthy insects long history.
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Emus, Rheas, and Ostriches show technical innovation in problem-solving

Amit Malewar -
Big birds like emus are technical innovators
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Giraffes prefer flat terrain and do not traverse slopes

Pranjal Malewar -
It severely limits the areas in, and outside, protected reserves they can access.
Wildlife

Elephants use a hose as a flexible showerhead

Ashwini Sakharkar -
Also, a fellow elephant knows how to turn the water off.
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New study links Botswana’s 2022 elephant die-Off to toxic algal blooms

Jay Kakade -
In 2022, 350 African elephant carcasses were found in the northeastern sector of Botswana, known as the eastern Okavango Panhandle. As the timing was...
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Discovering the traits of extinct birds

Pranjal Malewar -
Birds endemic to islands, lacking flight, with large bodies and pointy wings are the most vulnerable.
Wildlife

When bats can’t hear, they use a remarkable compensation strategy

Pranjal Malewar -
Bat's amazing plan B.
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Microplastics detected in dolphin breath

PLOS -
U.S. study suggests dolphins could be exposed to potentially harmful microplastics through inhalation.
Wildlife

Seven new species of tree frogs discovered in Madagascar

Pranjal Malewar -
Sounds like something from Star Trek.
Wildlife

How do penguins and albatrosses find their food?

Pranjal Malewar -
This is the first time this ability has been identified in seabirds.
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Exploring the medicinal plants consumed by wild gorillas

PLOS -
Four plants eaten by gorillas, also used in Gabonese traditional medicine, have antibacterial effects.
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The transformation of domestic rabbits into wild creatures

Dr. Prajakta Banik -
Loss of domestication alleles in introduced rabbit communities.
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Ancient large kangaroos primarily walked on all fours

Dr. Prajakta Banik -
Limb proportions in kangaroos and the likely movement of extinct Protemnodon.
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Australian lizards protect sheep from predators

Dr. Prajakta Banik -
Role of heath goannas in carcass removal and blowfly control.
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Wild chimpanzees and the healing power of medicinal plants

PLOS -
Sick chimpanzees eat tree bark, dead wood and ferns with antibiotic and anti-inflammatory effects.
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