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The difficult job of defining a species
The Week via Yahoo Canada News· 2 days agoCredit: Andy Soloman / UCG / Universal Images Group via Getty Images Taxonomy, or the naming of species, is surprisingly complicated – and contentious....
A troubling first: Rising seas blamed for disappearance of rare cactus in Florida
USA TODAY via Yahoo Canada News· 9 hours agoIts stems can rise more than 20 feet and produce fragrant flowers and bright red and purple fruit....
Grizzly bears back in crosshairs as Alberta lifts hunting ban in select cases
Local Journalism Initiative via Yahoo Canada News· 23 hours agoAlberta’s government is allowing targeted hunts on “problem” grizzly bears after a nearly 20-year...
Crews face difficult challenge rescuing entangled North Atlantic whale in St. Lawrence River |...
Global B.C.· 23 hours agoWhale rescue teams are preparing for another attempt to disentangle a young right whale in the St....
Do Fish Sleep? They Have to ... Right?
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoMost don't experience REM cycles (though research on zebra fish suggests they have similar brain activity to rapid eye movement (REM) sleep). Still,...
This Tiny Species of Birds Has a Remarkable Spatial Memory That’s Even Better Than Humans – New...
SciTechDaily· 11 hours agoMountain chickadees demonstrate remarkable spatial memory for surviving winters by recalling...
This Tiny Species of Birds Has a Remarkable Spatial Memory That’s Even Better Than Humans – New...
SciTechDaily· 11 hours agoMountain chickadees demonstrate remarkable spatial memory for surviving winters by recalling...
Unusual New Species of Venomous Viper Discovered in China
SciTechDaily· 6 days agoA new venomous snake species, Ovophis jenkinsi, was discovered in Yunnan, known for its aggressive...
99 million-year-old fossil reveals large dog-sized new dinosaur species
Interesting Engineering· 5 hours agoThe well-preserved fossil along with anatomical features suggests that these dinosaurs likely spent...
Rare Florida cactus becomes first U.S. species lost to sea rise
The Raw Story· 1 day agoA rare species of tree cactus has gone extinct in Florida, in what is believed to be the first species lost to sea level rise in the United States, researchers ...
