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October 21, 2015

Weird! Tiny frog hears through its mouth

A small frog native to the Republic of Seychelles lacks a conventional middle ear and eardrum to hear sounds made by other frogs, but new research suggests these peculiar croakers are not deaf, and can instead use their mouth cavities to pick up on noise.

October 21, 2015

Rare sight: Mountain lion hovering over its kill caught on camera in California

A mountain lion was caught on camera Thursday straddling a deer it had just killed on a highway in the mountains of Santa Monica, California.

October 21, 2015

Great white mystery: Expedition to unravel shark secrets

One of the most ambitious expeditions ever to tag great white sharks will set sail today off Cape Cod, Mass.

October 21, 2015

Flat screens mean dogs are watching more TV

A number of TV stations are now programming for dogs, the BBC reports, thanks to the prevalence of high resolution flat-screen TVs that can better engage a dog’s eye.

October 21, 2015

Life found thriving deep under ocean floor

Beneath the seafloor lives a vast and diverse array of microbes, chomping on carbon that constantly rains down from above and is continually buried by a never-ending downpour of debris some whale dung here, some dead plankton there.

October 21, 2015

Florida abuzz with reports of monster mosquitoes

Monster mosquitoes have reportedly been spotted in Central Florida.

October 21, 2015

Ghostly seal, sunlit shark win 2013 nature photo contest

An ethereal seal emerges from a forest of kelp in the winning photograph from the 2013 Annual Underwater Photography Contest held by the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science

October 21, 2015

Study finds for first time frogs and other amphibians declining around US at alarming rate

A new study has determined for the first time just how quickly frogs and other amphibians are disappearing around the United States, and the news is not good.

October 21, 2015

17-Year cicada cycle beginning -- what to expect

The U.S. Northeast is about to be snowed under by cicadas. Don't worry, though, it's normal. The pesky invasion is just so unusual that people tend to forget about it.

October 21, 2015

Embryos of world's most endangered cat preserved for 1st time

It seems counterintuitive that castration could help save a species facing extinction.