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World's most painful ant sting targets nerves in the same way scorpion venom does
By Sascha Pare published
Bullet and greenhead ants produce toxins they inject with every sting, which prolong nerve signals to the brain and lead to trembling, uncontrollable and long-lasting pain in mammals.
Watch cannibal crab gobble up baby crablets in Australia in David Attenborough's 'Our Planet II'
By Hannah Osborne published
The rare footage was taken when filming the red crab migration on Christmas Island.
Rabid moose found 'stumbling, drooling profusely' is 1st case ever recorded in Alaska
By Sascha Pare published
Scientists analyzed the moose's brain and detected a variant of rabies usually found in Arctic foxes, suggesting it contracted the virus from a fox.
Why do horses sleep standing up?
By Cameron Duke published
How do horses snooze where they stand without falling over?
Koalas are both endangered and so plentiful they're causing problems. How'd that happen?
By Danielle Clode published
They are a poster child for imminent extinction, at risk from deforestation, climate change and bushfires. Yet, where I live in South Australia, they are so abundant they are in danger of eating themselves out of house and home.
Science news this week: Crocodile mysteries and spindles in space
By Alexander McNamara published
June 10, 2023: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.
Great white sharks have almost no interest in eating humans, study confirms
By Ethan Freedman published
Juvenile great white sharks are near to people in Southern California nearly every day but rarely bite them.
Dinosaur named after 2-faced Roman god could be 'missing link' in duck-billed dinos' evolution
By Harry Baker published
The plant-eating, raptor-like dinosaur lived during a time of great transition around 99 million years ago and was named after the Roman god Janus.
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