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Animals react to secret sounds from plants, say scientists. (flipboard.social)
 

Animals react to secret sounds from plants, say scientists.

From @BBCNews: "A team at Tel Aviv University found that female moths avoided laying their eggs on tomato plants if they made noises they associated with distress, indicating that they may be unhealthy."

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#Animals #Plants #Science #Botany

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The Greenland sled dog, or Qimmeq (plural Qimmit), is one of the few dog breeds that can still be found pulling a sled. They have been much more isolated genetically than other traditional sled dogs (flipboard.social)
 

The Greenland sled dog, or Qimmeq (plural Qimmit), is one of the few dog breeds that can still be found pulling a sled. They have been much more isolated genetically than other traditional sled dogs and are now facing a decline in population. Among the reasons: melting ice. @[email protected] has more, including insights into human migration patterns into Greenland:

https://flip.it/M1kIia

#Science #Animals #Dogs #Greenland #Biology

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It’s not everyday you get a chance to see a baleen whale tearing through ice to take a breath of air. Here’s your chance, courtesy of drone video from Disko Bay, Greenland that a team of researchers (flipboard.social)
 

It’s not everyday you get a chance to see a baleen whale tearing through ice to take a breath of air. Here’s your chance, courtesy of drone video from Disko Bay, Greenland that a team of researchers recently shared. DiscoverWildlife.com has the footage you can watch here:

https://flip.it/1v69Dr

#Science #Wildlife #Greenland #Whales #Animals

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Our favorite headline so far today: "Orcas may be able to make and use tools, with a little kelp from their friends.''' (flipboard.social)
 

Our favorite headline so far today: "Orcas may be able to make and use tools, with a little kelp from their friends.'''

From NBC News: "Researchers using a new drone say they have observed killer whales finding and modifying stalks of kelp to preen each other."

https://flip.it/N59ZRs

#Orca #Whales #Ocean #Science #MarineBiology #Animals

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Humans aren't the only species using tools — or DIY beauty products, for that matter. @ScienceAlert shares this story about orcas fashioning pieces of kelp so that they can groom each other as they (flipboard.social)
 

Humans aren't the only species using tools — or DIY beauty products, for that matter. @ScienceAlert shares this story about orcas fashioning pieces of kelp so that they can groom each other as they swim.

https://flip.it/2aeve6

#Science #Nature #Whales #Animals #Orcas

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See the first images captured by the largest camera ever made. (flipboard.social)
 

See the first images captured by the largest camera ever made.

@PetaPixel reports: "The very first photos captured by the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) camera at the NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory have been released."

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#Space #Astronomy #Science #NSF #Universe #Camera #Photography

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Why do birds sing at dawn? A new study knocks down a popular hypothesis. (flipboard.social)
 

Why do birds sing at dawn? A new study knocks down a popular hypothesis.

From @npr: https://flip.it/BqrJ2t

#Birds #Birding #Science #Animals #Nature #Wildlife

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Millions of birds fly thousands of miles every year to reach their seasonal destinations. How do they know where they’re going? Some of the answers are still beyond human comprehension. @LiveScience (flipboard.social)
 

Millions of birds fly thousands of miles every year to reach their seasonal destinations. How do they know where they’re going? Some of the answers are still beyond human comprehension. @LiveScience explains:

https://flip.it/8Oc-50

#Science #Animals #Birds

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An invisible line separating Asia and Africa has set up a boundary that most wildlife never cross, not even birds. It’s been this way for tens of millions of years. @ScienceAlert explains: (flipboard.social)
 

An invisible line separating Asia and Africa has set up a boundary that most wildlife never cross, not even birds. It’s been this way for tens of millions of years. @ScienceAlert explains:

https://flip.it/7TsqK5

#Science #Animals #Nature #Africa #Asia

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Elusive woolly rat photographed for the first time. (flipboard.social)
 

Elusive woolly rat photographed for the first time.

From @[email protected]: "The 4.4 lbs rodent is native to Papua New Guinea's mountain rainforests."

https://flip.it/lwR0BM

#Animals #Rat #PapuaNewGuinea #Environment #Wildlife

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Our favorite headline so far today: "I bought a robot cat for my rabbit — and fell Into the weird world of animal-robot research." (flipboard.social)
 

Our favorite headline so far today: "I bought a robot cat for my rabbit — and fell Into the weird world of animal-robot research."

From the MIT Press Reader: https://flip.it/ZID.C_

#Animals #Robots #Science #Computing #Ethics

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Chimps' rhythmic drumming and complex calls hint at origins of human language. (flipboard.social)
 

Chimps' rhythmic drumming and complex calls hint at origins of human language.

@npr reports on two new studies: https://flip.it/4Xy7D7

#Animals #Language #Science #Evolution #Anthropology

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