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Are Banana Spiders Harmless? Depends on Which You See
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoIs the "banana spider" you're looking at the one that sits around harmlessly catching flies, or...
Where Do Axolotls Live and Why Do They Look So Strange?
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoThe axolotl, a threatened species, is known as a "walking fish" but is actually an amphibian. Given...
Animal Classification: A Taxonomy for All Living Things
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 7 months agoEverything in this photo, from the wolf to the fallen tree it's jumping over, can be classified...
Returning a 170-year-old preserved lizard to Jamaica is a step toward redressing colonial harms
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 month agoZoologist Elizabeth Morrison receives the Jamaican giant galliwasp from Mike Rutherford, a curator...
How one of the world’s most successful indoor pests took over the planet
CNN via Yahoo News· 1 month agoThe ancestors of German cockroaches pestered people about 2,000 years ago far from Germany, a study...
Your morning coffee may be more than a half million years old
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 3 months agoUsing genes from coffee plants around the world, researchers built a family tree for the world's...
Emojis to the rescue? More are needed to address the biodiversity crisis, scientists say
LA Times via Yahoo News· 7 months agoMore emojis of plants, mollusks, flatworms, fungi and microorganisms could help spark new...