Read more about the article Wasps Uses Genital Spikes To Fend Off Hungry Frogs, Says Study
A tree frog (Dryophytes japonica) spitting out a male wasp (Anterhynchium gibbifrons) after being stung (by pseudo-stings), undated. Male wasps use genitalia to sting their predators. (Current Biology/Sugiura et al./Newsflash)

Wasps Uses Genital Spikes To Fend Off Hungry Frogs, Says Study

Hungry frogs trying to gobble up male wasps have found that their manhoods can carry a nasty sting in the tail, a new study has revealed. Scientists in Japan -…

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Read more about the article Ancient Greeks Married First Cousins To Protect Their Estates
Image shows Bronze Age family harvesting grain, undated photo. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, got new insights into Bronze Age marriage rules and family structures in Greece. (Nikola Nevenov/Newsflash)

Ancient Greeks Married First Cousins To Protect Their Estates

Ancient Greeks kept their estates and farmlands together by arranging for first cousins to marry each other, a new study has revealed. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary…

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Read more about the article Humans Have Been Using Bear Skins For At Least 300,000 Years, Says Study
Image shows a metatarsal of a cave bear with cut marks, undated photo. Humans have been using bear skins to protect themselves from cold weather for at least 300,000 years according to scientists from the University of Tuebingen, in Germany. (Volker Minkus/Newsflash)

Humans Have Been Using Bear Skins For At Least 300,000 Years, Says Study

Researchers have found out that humans have been using bear skins to protect themselves from cold weather conditions for at least 300,000 years. The archaeological team from the University of…

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Read more about the article Man Uses Hands To Free Tiny Bird Frozen By Feet To Metal Railing
Man warms kingfisher's frozen legs on iron railing in Aksu, Xinjiang in China, undated. The bird then flew away. (1860969153/AsiaWire)

Man Uses Hands To Free Tiny Bird Frozen By Feet To Metal Railing

This is the moment a kingfisher that probably landed on a metal railing with wet feet and got frozen to the metal was freed by a passing jogger. The tiny…

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Read more about the article Different Strategies Needed To Protect Different Bee types Finds UK Study
Great yellow bumblebee (Bombus distinguendus) on Centaurea nigra. (Pieter Haringsma/Newsflash)

Different Strategies Needed To Protect Different Bee types Finds UK Study

A study using 10 years of citizen science data from the Bumblebee Conservation Trust’s BeeWalk scheme has found that a variety of targeted conservation approaches are needed to protect UK…

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Read more about the article Lab Creates ‘Synthetic’ Mouse Embryo With Brain And Beating Heart
Natural and synthetic embryos side by side to show comparable brain and heart formation, pictured in an undated photo illustration. A 'synthetic' embryo with a brain and beating heart has been created by British scientists at Cambridge University. (Amadei & Handford,SWNS/Newsflash)

Lab Creates ‘Synthetic’ Mouse Embryo With Brain And Beating Heart

A 'synthetic' embryo with a brain and beating heart has been created by British scientists. It features the foundations of all the body's organs - including neural and gut tubes…

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Read more about the article Organic Farming Not Always Best Option For Bees, Study Shows
Flower strips next to a conventional wheat field near Sebexen in the district of Northeim, Germany. (Costanza Geppert/Newsflash)

Organic Farming Not Always Best Option For Bees, Study Shows

Organic farming is not necessarily the best option to protect wild bees, German researchers have found. Agroecologists of Goettingen University in the German State of Lower Saxony say that their…

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Read more about the article Urgent Action Required To Protect Worlds Coral Reefs From Disappearing Within Three Decades, Warn Experts
An illustrative image of a coral reef. (IntelliReefs/Newsflash)

Urgent Action Required To Protect Worlds Coral Reefs From Disappearing Within Three Decades, Warn Experts

Scientists are proposing to expand the number of coral reefs sanctuaries to preserve species of marine life vital to local human populations and to stop them from disappearing within as…

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