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Humpback whales singing different songs

Humpback whale breaching via Shutterstock Humpback whales in the Indian Ocean look like they have the X-Factor when it comes to singing. Humpbacks at opposite ends of the Southern Indian...

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That Solar Wind and the Aurora Borealis

Giant solar flare shoots ions out into space for millions of km (illustration) via Shutterstock You don't have to be Alaskan or an Icelander but it helps. The aurora (goddess...

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The Latest Rapid Assessment of New Species (from Suriname)

(Species not new to science) Coprophanaeus lancifer is the largest dung beetle species in the Neotropics - This species was observed by scientists working with Conservation International's Rapid Assessment Program...

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Earthquake damage report for 2011 published by CATDAT

Destruction caused by the M6.3 earthquake on February 22, 2011 in Christchurch, New Zealand via Shutterstock Armand Vervaeck regularly quotes tectonic news on www.earthquake‐report.com, but with James Daniell, he has...

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Pigeon variations not always due to genetics

These two pigeon breeds - the old Dutch capuchine, left, and komorner tumbler, right - are not closely related, yet they both have feathery ornamentation on their heads known as...

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