The Trigger That Makes an Octopus Mom Self-Destruct
Most octopus species live for one year. But the deaths of octopus mothers after they reproduce have long been a…
Most octopus species live for one year. But the deaths of octopus mothers after they reproduce have long been a…
To scare off potential predators, some animals display the traits of more deadly creatures. A scarlet kingsnake, for example, wears…
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As soon as the remotely operated camera glimpsed the bottom of the Weddell Sea, more than a thousand feet below…
Like cultured oysters, every dissected dolphin vagina unfurled to reveal a kind of treasure: an unmistakable clitoris, the size of…
In the sulfur-infused ponds of Tabasco State in Mexico lives a tiny silver slip of a fish, the sulphur molly.…