Watching wolves, moose — and heat — on Michigan island

Ignoring our observation plane circling above the frozen Lake Superior wilderness, the eight gray wolves seemed as harmless as your beloved pooch cavorting with its pals in the yard. Trotting along Siskiwit Bay, they playfully nipped and pawed each other, pausing occasionally to roll in the snow.

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Birdlike dinosaur boasted opposable fingers

Bambiraptor was apparently able to use its outer claws as pincers, to grab its unfortunate prey (Illustration: Phil Senter)

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Eels and groupers hunt better together

Fish of two different species have been filmed helping each other to hunt. It is the first known instance of two unrelated species hunting cooperatively, except for humans.

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When it comes to learning how to be truly present in the moment, there's no better model for "Be Here Now" than your dog. At any given instant, your dog is responding to the way that the world is making them feel right then and there.

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Some tiger moths can produce sounds that interfere with a bat's sonar, rendering the predator unable to find its prey, a study has found.

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Forget the old folk tales about snakes hypnotizing their prey. The tentacled snake from South East Asia has developed a more effective technique.

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Add shock-inducing venom to the list of reasons to avoid Komodo dragons. The fierce lizard may kill its prey in a way similar to some snakes, researchers report online May 18 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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Scammers prey on grandparents' love for their grandchildren. There's low, and then there's those who are a total waste of good human skin cells. I'd definitely put this crook in the second category.

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Named Titanoboa cerrejonensis by its discoverers, the beast's 13m-long body and 1,140kg (2,500lb) weight make it the largest snake on record.

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Based on an analysis of earlier studies of 29 species — mostly fish, but also a few animals and plants like bighorn sheep and ginseng — researchers from several Canadian and American universities found that rates of evolutionary change were three times higher in species subje …

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Scientists are reporting the remarkable case of a blind man who can see. More Articles

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The astonishing spectacle of a leopard savaging a crocodile has been captured for the first time on camera

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Political Bigotry Card Reflects Hurt Feelings

If you have been tuned in to the news, you are aware of the recent dispute in the election coverage. The ugly issue of race has come to the surface yet again.

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A group of Texas security experts with a company called "Response Options" has made instructional video tapes showing a gunman bursting into a classroom and being swarmed by students.

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awesome video clip

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From the Washington Post (2-page article):  Alas, poor Coelophysis! We thought we knew him well.Birdlike dinosaur.Prehistoric inhabitant of New Mexico.And above all, a cannibal.

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A four-page article from TIME Magazine: "You don't have to be a biologist or an anthropologist to see how closely the great apes - gorillas, chimpanzees, bonobos and orangutans - resemble us.

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Animals see in the dark, sniff prey miles away, and detect electrical output from muscle twitches in hidden meals. Read on, so you don't become one of those meals.

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Some 15 years ago, blue mussels knew their enemies and had a rather peaceful life in the New England waters. But when an invasive crab species turned up, the mussels moved quickly to defend themselves against this new predator by thickening their shells.

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Chimps and large predatory cats are more likely to target dimwitted prey less capable of escaping attack, a new study reports.

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Predators such as leopards and chimpanzees consistently target smaller-brained prey less capable of escape; research at the University of Liverpool has shown

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PIT vipers and boid snakes strike at prey with uncanny accuracy even when blindfolded, a feat that's been hard to explain given the rudimentary nature of their heat-sensing organs. It seems that some rather spectacular image processing may be the key.

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The Xbox 360 version of Prey will feature full online support for up to eight players on Xbox Live, in addtion to other as-yet-unannounced Xbox 360 exclusives.

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The up and coming Doom3engine based game gets a preview up at 1up.com (one of the few decent sites left out there).

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Intelligent Nanotechnology Subject for High Tech Thriller

I was reading this book on my trip to Australia last year. It's one of these books you can't lay aside and I finished reading it in 3-4 days. This is one of the most fascinating novels I have ever read and it gives you a stunning insight on what's to come in the future.

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