Swarm of Pacific eels is largest group of fish seen in the abyss
26 January 2021
Life is thought to be fairly sparse in the deep ocean, but an underwater probe equipped with bait managed to draw in more than 100 eels 3100 metres down in the Pacific
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Dinosaur found in Argentina may be largest land animal ever
15 January 2021
Fossils of a gigantic dinosaur are emerging from the ground in Argentina after 98 million years – and the creature may be the largest land animal that scientists have ever found
Wind farm construction creates noise that may harm squid fisheries
14 January 2021
The noisy construction of offshore wind turbines can discourage squid from hunting, which could lead to decreased squid populations and potentially decrease profits at fisheries
Huntsman spiders stitch leaves together to trap tree frogs
6 January 2021
In Madagascar, huntsman spiders have been seen making traps out of overlapping leaves where tree frogs tend to hide, and then eating the frogs
Ancient parasites in a titanosaur’s bones made it look like a zombie
20 November 2020
The first discovery of parasites in a dinosaur bone reveals some of the oldest evidence of bone disease, which left a titanosaur with open wounds
Capuchin monkeys spotted eating infant in rare act of cannibalism
19 November 2020
Cannibalism is extremely rare among the primates living in the Americas – but some capuchin monkeys have now been spotted eating a dead infant
Some male spiders tie up females before mating to avoid being eaten
12 November 2020
Thanatus fabricii spiders forego courtship dances: instead, they attack females and bind them with silk before mating, perhaps because the females would otherwise eat the males
The spread of rice farms threatens key wetlands in South-East Asia
5 November 2020
Rice farming near Cambodia’s largest lake has spread and reduced flooded forests and grasslands by about a third over the past 15 years, taking over the habitat of threatened species
Python tried to eat sleeping woman while being tracked by biologists
16 October 2020
A biologist tracking a 4-metre-long python in Australia warned local residents to be on their guard – but one woman woke to find the snake trying to eat her
Most space travellers are men despite slow rise in female astronauts
18 September 2020
Early space travellers were younger men, but the average age has risen since the 1960s. More women are also now going to space, but they only make up 64 of the 566 to have left Earth
