Scent trails could boost elephant conservation
Traveling elephants pay close attention to scent trails of dung and urine left by other elephants, new research shows.
Traveling elephants pay close attention to scent trails of dung and urine left by other elephants, new research shows.
Plants & Animals
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Some are waiting for their arrival with trepidation, others are curious what they might taste like: Americans are swapping tips on how best to weather the storm when billions of cicadas soon emerge after 17 years underground.
Ecology
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Plants & Animals
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Plants & Animals
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Ecology
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Astronomy
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Cell & Microbiology
Oct 23, 2020
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A pair of researchers, one with Kochi University, the other Katsurahama Aquarium, both in Japan, has refined the estimate of the amount of pressure required by an Adélie penguin to shoot its feces a necessary distance. Hiroyuki ...
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Astronomy
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Space Exploration
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