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When hairy mammals feel something on their back, they’ll pull out the “wet dog shakes”. If you’ve ever been within the splash zone of a dog just getting out of the pool, you’ll likely have been on the ...

Teenagers in Russia and the former Soviet Union have been dressing up as dogs and cats and attacking people in a viral trend that politicians want to ban. Known as quadrobers, the teenagers wear ...

During a release of captive-bred snails in September, researchers discovered wild-born individuals from the Partula tohiveana species—which had been considered extinct in the wild—marking a ...

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This is despite their ranges having shrunk ... Oct. 3, 2024 — The extinction of hundreds of bird species caused by humans over the last 130,000 years has led to substantial reductions in avian ...

A species is a group of organisms that interbreed to produce fertile offspring. Selective breeding is when organisms are deliberately bred so their offspring have the desirable characteristics.

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Our planet now faces a global extinction crisis never witnessed by humankind. Scientists predict that more than 1 million species are on track for extinction in the coming decades. But there’s still ...

Scientists found a 2-foot-long predator with “large” nostrils in a rainforest of southeast Asia and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Quentin Dang via Unsplash Under the cover ...

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But again, the impact on other species, such as fish, needs to be taken into account in planning. Mr. Wolter, as a fish ecologist, you deal with fish communities in running waters. Ms.