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Chucao Tapaculo (Scelorchilus rubecula)

Birds in Patagonia have a surprising taste for truffles

28 October 2021

Truffles, the fruiting bodies of certain fungi, rely on mammals to eat them and spread their spores – and in Patagonia, it turns out birds help with dispersal too
Underwater view of someone paddling on a surfboard

Sharks may bite humans because they mistake us for seals and sea lions

26 October 2021

Instances of sharks biting humans are rare, and researchers think they may happen when the marine predators confuse us for other species

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