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Of all the intriguing insects out there, the Photuris firefly has always been one of my favorites. This “femme fatale” uses ...

Chris Hamilton and Brent Hendrixson met someone unexpected in the mountains of Southeastern Arizona: a leggy redhead with a taste for cold weather. The two researchers discovered a new species of ...

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More than 180,000 people follow the Bush Legend’s accounts across Meta platforms, but its Aboriginal host is a work of digital fiction ...

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Some animals reproduce only once before dying. This life strategy, called semelparity, sees organisms channel all energy into reproduction. Mechanisms include stress hormone overload, sexual ...

‘Le Petit Mort’ or ‘the little death’ is the euphamistic term for orgasm. But for some animals, sex and death are more ...

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Venezuela is on the northern coast of South America, bordered by the Caribbean Sea. Its diverse geography includes the Andes ...