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October 21, 2015

Emerging solar plants scorch birds in mid-air

Workers at a state-of-the-art solar plant in the Mojave Desert have a name for birds that fly through the plant's concentrated sun rays — "streamers," for the smoke plume that comes from birds that ignite in midair.

October 21, 2015

Flock of ancient 'butterfly-headed' flying reptiles discovered

An ancient flying reptile with a bizarre, butterflylike head has been unearthed in Brazil

October 21, 2015

Amazon's biggest fish faces threat of extinction

Measuring 10 feet long and weighing in at more than 400 pounds, it's hard to imagine that the arapaima, the largest fish in the Amazon River basin, could ever go missing.

October 21, 2015

Scientists ask bird oglers to help study puffins

Wanted: puffinologists. No experience necessary.

October 21, 2015

Blue whales roam dangerously close to shipping lanes

The feeding grounds of blue whales along the U.S. West Coast overlap dangerously with shipping lanes, placing the behemoths in danger of collisions with ships, researchers say.

October 21, 2015

Red fish, blue light: How glowing sea creatures change color

Deep-diving fish have a problem: The only light that penetrates their watery environment is blue and green hardly enough of a palette for flashy color patterns.

October 21, 2015

Brainy fish remember tasty treats for 12 days

Move over, chimpanzees there's a new brainiac in town, and this one has gills.

October 21, 2015

Blood-only diet numbed vampire bat's taste buds

Vampire bats apparently don't have much use for a delicate palate.

October 21, 2015

Poop stains reveal penguins migrate with climate

In the face of rising temperatures, emperor penguins in Antarctica may be forced to find new breeding grounds instead of returning to the same spot to mate year after year, new research finds

October 21, 2015

Transparent snails & 'fairy' wasps: Top 10 new species revealed

A fuzzy-faced, tree-living carnivore, a transparent snail and ice-clinging anemones are among the top new species discovered in the last year.