Why Do Birds Have Such Skinny Legs? (www.scientificamerican.com)
The first reason bird legs look strangely thin is that the rest of their body is mostly covered by feathers, which can dramatically magnify its apparent size, says Julia Clarke, a paleontologist who studies bird evolution at the University of Texas at Austin. Birds’ relatively meatier thighs are tucked underneath their...
New guidebook supports U.S. tribal nations in adopting rights-of-nature laws (news.mongabay.com)
Urban evolution: How species adapt to survive in cities (knowablemagazine.org)
Madagascar: giant tortoises have returned 600 years after they were wiped out (theconversation.com)
A six-year-old project to return giant tortoises to the wild in Madagascar could result in thousands of the 350kg megaherbivores re-populating the island for the first time in 600 years....
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Endangered vulture species nesting in Ghana is rare good news about raptors (news.mongabay.com)
Back from the dead: Tropical tree fern repurposes its dead leaves (phys.org)
India snow leopards: First-ever survey puts population at 718 (www.bbc.com)
Smithsonian Scientists Discover New Species of Hedgehogs Hiding in Plain Sight (www.smithsonianmag.com)
Five new alien-faced species of millipede revealed in "remarkable" find (www.newsweek.com)
Do tree-planting campaigns follow best practices for successful forest restoration? (www.sciencedaily.com)
'Obelisks': Entirely New Class of Life Has Been Found in The Human Digestive System (www.sciencealert.com)
These images may provide the world's first-ever look at a live newborn great white shark (www.cbsnews.com)
Ten Curious New Plants and Fungi Recorded in 2023 (e360.yale.edu)
This first-of-its kind palm plant flowers and fruits entirely underground (www.sciencenews.org)
Ancient insect vision tuned for flight among rocks and plants underpins natural flower colour diversity (royalsocietypublishing.org)
‘Laying claim to nature’s work’: plant patents sow fear among small growers (www.theguardian.com)
Hermit crabs are 'wearing' our plastic rubbish (www.bbc.co.uk)
I discovered a tiny frog that lives its whole life inside one plant (www.theguardian.com)
Lions making fewer zebra kills due to ‘chain reaction’ involving invasive ants (www.theguardian.com)
When a lion decides to chase down a zebra it seems as though nothing can stop it. But now researchers have discovered these enormous predators are being thwarted by a tiny foe: ants....