New "ghost shark" species with giant eyes found thousands of feet deep (www.newsweek.com)
Scientists discover "fascinating" worm that can replace pesticides (www.newsweek.com)
NZGeo: Batfly (www.nzgeo.com)
These blind wingless flies are vegetarian and can only travel on a rare species of bat who prefers to walk.
These tiny fish combine electric pulses to probe the environment (www.nature.com)
Researchers Solve Mystery of The Sea Creature That Evolved Eyes All Over Its Shell (www.sciencealert.com)
Technicolor 'living magic carpet' deep-sea worm discovered near methane seep off Costa Rica (www.livescience.com)
Newfound bee species help solve a decades-old mystery (www.sciencenews.org)
“It’s like if they had a cow and a giraffe make a baby": The Accidental Creation of a Hybrid Fish (web.archive.org)
Their mothers were Russian sturgeons—large carnivores with creamy bellies, short, rounded snouts, and green, dragon-like scales. Their fathers were American paddlefish—smooth-skinned filter feeders with sensitive, elongated snouts. “Sturddlefish,” as these hybrids were nicknamed after researchers in Hungary announced...
Company that plans to bring back the mammoth takes a key step (arstechnica.com)
The Extraordinary Lives Of Coast Redwoods | NOEMA (www.noemamag.com)
We Finally Know How Giant Sea Spiders Come Into This World (www.sciencealert.com)
In Nome, Where the Muskoxen Roam … Controversially | Hakai Magazine (hakaimagazine.com)
First known photos of 'lost bird' captured by scientists (phys.org)
The Best Way to Kill Trees to Create Habitat - Eos (eos.org)
Chernobyl wolves have evolved resistance to cancer (www.earth.com)
Overcrowding increases tree mortality, perhaps explaining higher biodiversity in tropical forests (phys.org)
One of world’s smallest fish found to make sound as loud as a gunshot (www.theguardian.com)
Ant geopolitics (aeon.co)
It is tempting to look for parallels with human empires. Perhaps it is impossible not to see rhymes between the natural and human worlds, and as a science journalist I’ve contributed more than my share. But just because words rhyme, it doesn’t mean their definitions align. Global ant societies are not simply echoes of human...
Predatory fish use rapid color changes to coordinate attacks, scientists discover (phys.org)
Striped marlin are some of the fastest animals on the planet and one of the ocean’s top predators. When hunting in groups, individual marlin will take turns attacking schools of prey fish one at a time. Now a new study reported in the journal Current Biology helps to explain how they might coordinate this turn-taking style of...
How did a tiny bee get to French Polynesia? Eight new species help solve a scientific mystery (phys.org)
Meet some of the fiercest queens of the animal kingdom (www.nationalgeographic.com)
How First Contact With Whale Civilization Could Unfold (www.theatlantic.com)
On the shared genetic memories between us, the cat and the fly | Aeon Essays (aeon.co)
'Mind-blowing' deep sea expedition uncovers more than 100 new species and a gigantic underwater mountain (www.livescience.com)
'Living Fossil' Lizards Are Constantly Evolving--You Just Can't See It (www.scientificamerican.com)
