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2025-01-09 @ 17.09.57 ∈ In English

Rethinking population management in zoos: New policy suggests natural reproduction and culling
[Zoos] could preserve their breeding populations, raise awareness of conservation challenges and improve animal welfare and their carbon footprint by allowing animals to reproduce naturally and culling surplus animals.
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2024-03-12 @ 12.22.29 ∈ In English

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Scientists CT scanned thousands of natural history specimens, which you can access for free
Natural history museums have entered a new stage of scientific discovery and accessibility with the completion of openVertebrate (oVert), a six-year collaborative project among 18 institutions to create 3D reconstructions of vertebrate specimens and make them freely available online.
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2024-02-16 @ 17.00.15 ∈ In English

Flea toad may be world’s smallest vertebrate
Measurements of 46 specimens revealed the average male body length to be slightly over 7 millimeters […] The researchers noted that the smallest specimen they found was just 6.45 millimeters long, which they note is approximately 30% smaller than the previous smallest frog observed.
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2024-01-26 @ 18.47.21 ∈ In English

Four cold-causing coronaviruses may provide clues to COVID’s future
Four largely ignored coronaviruses circulate in humans without causing great harm and may portend the future for SARS-CoV-2
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2024-01-24 @ 20.28.08 ∈ Suomeksi

Puoli vuotta kateissa ollut Pedro-boa löytyi yllättäen: ”Koskaan en ole käärmeen näkemisestä ollut näin iloinen”
Käärme löytyi kerälle kiertyneenä Amazonia-talosta tarhansa viereisestä lattiakaivosta, joka pestään kerran viikossa. […] Käärme on liikkunut Amazonia-talossa myös viemäreiden ulkopuolella.
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2023-12-09 @ 16.44.05 ∈ In English

Super rare leucistic alligator born at Florida theme park
It was born to a coloured mother and a leucistic dad from a Louisiana swamp. Parents Jeyan and Ashley are in good health, workers say, adding the baby was born alongside a normal-coloured brother gator of the same size.