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Tiny Hairs Help Octopus Suckers Stick

Just when you thought octopuses couldn’t get any weirder: It turns out that their suckers have an unexpectedly hairy grip. Octopuses can form an impressively tight grip—even on a rough... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Caterpillars Use Ants as Butterfly Babysitters

dimanche 18 mai 2014 — More Science, Biology, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology
It’s such wonderful warm weather in the UK at the moment, I thought it was time to celebrate with another butterfly post! I particularly wanted to take a closer look at the butterfly... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Climate Change Could Wipe Out the World’s Smallest Kangaroo [Video]

Scientists in Australia have warned that we’d better get hopping and slow down climate change if we want to prevent the world’s smallest kangaroo from going extinct. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

South Africa Loses First Elephant to Poachers in a Decade

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Book Review: Animal Architecture

Books and recommendations from Scientific American -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Silkworm Sex Factor Is No Ordinary Gene

The Lepidopteran is the first one found to have sex determined by RNA rather than by a protein -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Discovery of Mexican Skeleton Connects Siberian Ancestors to Native Americans

DNA from the skeleton shows similarities to modern Native Americans, while its skull structure matches those of Paleoamericans that came across the Bering land bridge -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Elephant Seals Have Same Carbon Monoxide Blood Levels as Heavy Smokers

jeudi 15 mai 2014 — Evolution, Evolutionary Biology
The high levels may help the seals survive their long, deep dives -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Why Don’t Octopuses Get Stuck To Themselves?

An octopus might be one of the most intelligent invertebrates, but it doesn’t always know what, exactly, its arms are doing. How these animals manage to avoid tangling themselves up is a major... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Beautiful New Jellyfish Identified in the Gulf of Venice

jeudi 15 mai 2014 — More Science, Biology, Evolution
A bloom of new jellyfish observed off the coast of Italy has turned out to be a previously undescribed species, likely involuntarily introduced by humans -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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