Game of Thrones actor Peter Dinklage on Tuesday urged fans of the series to stop buying huskies because of their similarity to fearsome “direwolves”, as many were being quickly abandoned. “To all Game of Thrones’…
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Did you know? Baby whales ‘whisper’ to mothers to avoid predators
Newborn humpback whales and their mothers whisper to each other to escape potential predators, scientists reported Wednesday, revealing the existence of a previously unknown survival technique. “They don’t want any unwanted listeners,” researcher Simone Videsen,…
Did T-rex wake up to birdsong?
Tyrannosaurus-rex and other dinosaurs woke up to birdsong just like we do, though it was probably more honk than melodic chirping, an extraordinary fossil find revealed Wednesday. The discovery in Antarctica of the oldest known…
Cloned sheep still alive and kicking 9 years later
Four genetically-identical copies of Dolly the famous cloned sheep, which suffered ill health and died prematurely in 2003, are going strong at the advanced age of nine, a study said Tuesday. Debbie, Denise, Dianna and…
Pet duck, anyone? Baby ducks can learn differences between objects
Baby ducks can learn the difference between two objects of varying shape and color, a capability previously known only to exist in apes, crows and parrots, scientists said Thursday. This ability is linked to imprinting,…
Slip of the tongue: Chameleon’s sticky secret revealed
A stunningly efficient hunter, the chameleon relies on an impressive biological arsenal that includes colour-changing camouflage, panoramic vision, and lots of patience. And then there’s that lightning-fast tongue. The reptile’s tongue-lashing prowess has been extensively…
S. African elephant charges action hero Schwarzenegger
Hollywood action hero Arnold Schwarzenegger has admitted that “some of us had to change our pants” after an elephant charged a vehicle he was in while on safari in South Africa. Schwarzenegger posted a video…
Video: US zoo defends killing gorilla that grabbed boy
The director of an Ohio zoo on Monday defended the killing of a critically endangered gorilla as it dragged a young boy who had fallen into its enclosure in a horrifying incident captured on video….
#WeirdNews: Gay vulture couple adopts egg in German zoo
A pair of gay vultures in a German zoo have adopted an egg abandoned by its mother and started to incubate it in a nest they built. Animal keepers had collected the egg in the…
#Conservation: Loss of big animals and their poo has transformed Earth
The loss of big animals to overhunting and human-driven pollution has meant a drastic drop in the amount of poo, which is critical to nourishing the Earth, researchers said Monday. Restoring the populations of large…