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Wildlife photography of a Red Fox diving into deep snows to capture Winter prey in Yellowstone National Park A Red Fox dives into deep Winter snow in Yellowstone National Park to capture prey in an epic mousing leap driving his face, paws and half his body into the snow. Some naturalists believe that Red Foxes use not only their incredible sense of hearing, but that they might actually use a sense of the planet?s magnetic field to guide their trajectory. After observing and documenting many such leaps, they make a very compelling case, adding to the mystique of these animals.

Subnivium: The secret ecosystem hidden beneath the snow

14 December 2022

An ephemeral ecosystem of tunnels in the snow is home to insects, frogs, rodents and even flowering plants. But as the climate changes, is it about to collapse?

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The grand plan to create a periodic table of all animal intelligence

11 May 2022

Animal minds are extraordinarily diverse, but a new attempt to categorise them aims to reveal the distinct nature of intelligence in everything from dolphins to bees – and even us

Thin-air therapy: The unexpected medical benefits of hypoxia

28 July 2021

Our organs and cells die without enough oxygen, but in some instances, hypoxia may actually hasten the healing process – and even help people to lose weight

Can we use nudge theory to help endangered animals save themselves?

23 June 2021

Endangered wildlife often doesn't have time to evolve to rapidly changing environments. Now conservationists are manipulating animal behaviour, using "nudge" techniques akin to those designed to influence humans

Crime-fighting botanist takes down murderers using plants

27 March 2019

Jane Bock helps to solve homicides by identifying things like the origin of blades of grass on a shoe or the chewed-up remains of a victim’s last meal

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