A team of researchers from Japan wondered if painting cows with zebra-like stripes would prevent flies from biting them. Another group from Africa and Europe pondered the ...

Cows painted with zebra stripes can deter biting flies better, 2025 Ig Nobel Prize in Biology winners show.

At Portland’s Astera, hushed waiters in dapper suits deliver delicate squash tartlets and ovals of inky black seaweed caviar, then remove each wooden platform or puck-sized pedestal simultaneously ...

The San Diego Zoo recently welcomed a new Okapi calf to its animal community. This mysterious and adorable creature was born ...

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Researchers from China just described a new species of mountain lizard from the upper Dadu River Valley in the Hengduan ...

The red panda, with its coppery coat and mischievous face, is one of the most captivating animals of the Himalayas. Yet, ...

Researchers at the ESRF, the European Synchrotron, together with CNRS, ENS Lyon and the Institute of Marine Research in ...

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