World's loudest male bird bellows at females sitting right next to it
21 October 2019
The loudest song of the white bellbird hits an average of 116 decibels, putting it on a par with a pile-driver and beating all previously documented birds
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Giant toad looks and acts like a venomous snake to scare off predators
20 October 2019
The Congolese giant toad looks like the head of a Gaboon viper, and it even hisses like a snake when approached – all to scare off potential predators
Humans evolved to think faster by slowing down brain development
16 October 2019
Using stem cells to grow mini brains in a dish has let us compare the way brains develop in humans, chimpanzees and monkeys, and spot the differences
