Scientists Stunned by Bird That Pretends To Be a Toxic Caterpillar
A hummingbird chick in Panama mimics a poisonous caterpillar to avoid predators—a rare case of bird-to-insect mimicry. When ...
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Hummingbird Chicks Observed for the First Time Pretending to be Caterpillars to Avoid Being Eaten
Tiny hummingbird chicks were observed mimicking a poisonous caterpillar to survive in the Panama rainforest–a first for science.
Seeing Silicon: Archaeologists have a cool, magic wand
Archaeology is having a moment, thanks to technology like LiDAR, satellite mapping and artificial intelligence.
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Indigenous Ngata Toro seek larger role in Indonesia national park
Despite losing most of their customary forest, Ngata Toro Indigenous community in Central Sulawesi still vowed to protect nature.
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How hummingbird chicks protect themselves from being eaten
Hummingbird chicks pretend to be a caterpillar to avoid being eaten, reveals new research. The tiny birds, smaller than a ...
The most important part of the ocean you’ve never heard of
The Saya de Malha Bank is one of the world’s largest seagrass fields and the planet’s most important carbon sinks. It faces incalculable risks that threaten the future of humanity.
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Peru’s rare peatland swamps at risk as illegal gold mining expands
Hidden within the Amazon Rainforest are rare, carbon-rich ecosystems known as peatlands, a type of swamp forest that’s key to ...
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Peru’s rare peatland swamps at risk as illegal gold mining expands
See All Key Ideas Hidden within the Amazon Rainforest are rare ... Before that, many researchers believed that only Indonesia had tropical forest peatlands. Other peatlands in the northern ...
The Saya de Malha Bank is an underwater haven of biodiversity, desperately in need of regulation
Nestled away in the Indian Ocean, the bank’s seagrass habitats are being decimated by a multinational fleet of fishing ships ...