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October 21, 2015

Cute chick rover new way to keep an eye on shy penguins wary of scientists

The newest tool for biologists is the baby penguin robotic spy.

October 21, 2015

Study: Sleeper sharks may kill Steller sea lions

Scientists researching the severe decline in Alaska's Steller sea lion population have a fingered a new possible suspect for the drop: Pacific sleeper sharks, a species previously thought of as a scavenger and fish-eater.

October 21, 2015

Ancient sloths: 5-ton creatures grew monstrously fast

An ancient sloth weighing some 5 tons and sporting claws that extended a foot (0.3 meters) is helping to reveal how the slow, furry creatures ballooned in size long ago at a startlingly fast rate, a new study finds

October 21, 2015

Zombie fungus enslaves only its favorite ant brains

A parasitic fungus known to manipulate the brains of ants doesn't make slavelike "zombies" out of any old host

October 21, 2015

New baby orca spotted in Washington waters

Whale researchers are celebrating a newborn orca in the waters off San Juan Island in Washington state.

October 21, 2015

Sickly coral reefs fail the smell test

Young corals and fish in the Pacific Ocean can smell a bad neighborhood.

October 21, 2015

Weirdest worm ever? Clawed creature finds its family tree

When researchers first discovered the fossil worm Hallucigenia in the 1970s, they were so perplexed they identified its head as its tail and its legs as its spines

October 21, 2015

Baby shark hangout discovered off the Azores

Young sharks have a nursery school of sorts, and it's in the central North Atlantic, new research finds

October 21, 2015

This extreme Antarctic insect has the tiniest genome

The Antarctic midge is a simple insect: no wings, a slender black body and an adult life span of not much more than a week

October 21, 2015

Deer numbers decline in some hunting areas

So you're a member of a Louisiana deer-hunting club, and your harvest numbers are down. You and your lease mates used to see deer on just about every hunt, but now you're excited if you run across a decent-sized track.