This is no Looney Tune
In Warner Bros.’ cartoons, there aren’t really any unhappy endings (unless you consider the Coyote’s Sisyphean pursuit of the Roadrunner particularly tragic. I say nibble on a desert tortoise or […]
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Endangered species caught on video
Spoon-bill sandpiper is a hard animal to spot in the wild. That’s because in its native eastern Russia there are only 100 breeding pairs left. Post-breeding is an even harder […]
Birds get emotional, too
There are people who cry at the opera. Maybe you get a touch of euphoria when you hear Elton John on the radio. Or perhaps you sob hysterically every time […]
Immaculate conception? Not quite
Did you know that certain vertebrates (animals with backbones and spinal columns, basically the higher orders of animal life) can reproduce as virgins? Female snakes, sharks and some birds sometimes […]
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