May 2, 2016 Surprise! Newfound venomous spider drops in on scientists Most people likely wouldn't react well to being surprised by a venomous spider, but recently, scientists at Booderee National Park, on the southern coast of Australia, were excited when a highly venomous funnel-web spider showed up unannounced. Many species of funnel-web spiders, named for their funnel-shaped webs, are indigenous to Australia, but only one of these species, the Sydney funnel-web spider, is known to live in Booderee National Park
May 2, 2016 Study finds more sharks than ever swimming in waters along the East Coast More sharks than ever are swimming along the East Coast, federal researchers announced this week, amid a busy summer in which a record number of the fish have attacked North Carolina beachgoers.
May 2, 2016 Ants are safer, more effective than pesticides, study says There’s a new ant–agonist on the pesticide market. According to a review published in the Journal of Applied Ecology, trees protected by weaver ants have less pests, less plant damage, and show an increased yield when compared to trees sprayed with pesticides. The small, red tree dwellers are also cheaper to use and better for the environment.
May 2, 2016 Hummingbirds use hawks for home security Tiny hummingbird nests, with their coffee-bean-size eggs, are a tempting treat for predators.
May 2, 2016 Kermit the cannibal? Frogs sometimes eat each other It's a frog-eat-frog world out there.
May 2, 2016 60,000 antelopes died in 4 days - and no one knows why It started in late May. When geoecologist Steffen Zuther and his colleagues arrived in central Kazakhstan to monitor the calving of one herd of saigas, a critically endangered, steppe-dwelling antelope, veterinarians in the area had already reported dead animals on the ground.
May 2, 2016 Battle of the reptiles: Video captures fight between python and cobra It’s a reptilian battle between the creepy crawlies. A video of two deadly snakes – a python and a king cobra – on a street in Singapore has been making the rounds online. Passersby looked on, as the two snakes twisted around one another, the Telegraph reports.
May 2, 2016 'Big brain' gene found in humans, not chimps A single gene may have paved the way for the rise of human intelligence by dramatically increasing the number of brain cells found in a key brain region
May 2, 2016 Video captures octopus grabbing crab in surprise land attack An incredible video has captured the moment when an octopus leaps from a rock pool to launch a surprise attack on a crab before dragging the unfortunate crustacean to its death.
May 2, 2016 Ancient croc with 'shovel mouth' likely enjoyed clam dinners A peg-toothed crocodile relative with a mouth like a shovel lived in the prehistoric swamps of Peru about 13 million years ago, a new study finds
