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Sep. 1, 2021 —Spotted skunks aren't as well-known as their striped cousins, and scientists still have a lot to learn about them, starting with how many kinds of them even exist -- over the years, the number ...
Dec. 1, 2021 —As cannabis is legalized in more areas, it has become increasingly popular as a medicinal and recreational drug. This plant produces a pungent, skunk-like odor that is pleasing to some but repulsive ...
Oct. 5, 2020 —North American mammals were the winners when the North and South American continents collided millions of years ago. New research shows that South American mammals went extinct at a ...
Oct. 28, 2021 —The high-contrast pattern of giant pandas helps them blend in with their natural ...
Oct. 29, 2020 —The fur of the platypus - an Australian species threatened with extinction - glows green under ultraviolet light, a new study finds. This is the first observation of biofluorescence in an egg-laying ...
Apr. 10, 2023 —Engineers have invented a fabric that concludes the 80-year quest to make a synthetic textile modeled on polar bear fur. The results are already being developed into commercially available ...
Nov. 18, 2020 —A recent review of published studies in non-human mammals examines 'sexual disturbance,' or male behavior towards a female around mating that can be costly for the female -- for example, ...
July 27, 2022 —Beaver fur was a symbol of wealth and an important trade item in 10th Century Denmark, according to a new ...
June 27, 2023 —A Cretaceous origin for placental mammals, the group that includes humans, dogs and bats, has been revealed by in-depth analysis of the fossil record, showing they co-existed with dinosaurs for a ...
Oct. 15, 2020 —Scientists determined that changing an infant monkey's verbal development also changed a physical marker of domesticity: a patch of white fur on its forehead. This is the first study linking the ...