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.
Earliest-known fossil mosquito suggests males were bloodsuckers too
[The] well-preserved insects are two males of the same species with piercing mouthparts, suggesting they likely sucked blood. That’s noteworthy because, among modern-day mosquitoes, only females are [hematophagous.]
Brains of newborns aren’t underdeveloped compared to other primates, finds new study
Contrary to current understanding, the brains of human newborns aren’t significantly less developed compared to other primate species, but appear so because so much brain development happens after birth, finds a new study led by University College London researchers.
Bashful golden mole detected in South Africa after 87 years
A golden mole that “swims” in sand has resurfaced in South Africa after 87 years in the wilderness when many specialists feared it had become extinct, researchers have said.
Citizen scientists help discover new mantis species
"We have named the new species Inimia nat—I. nat for short—as it was discovered thanks to the citizen science platform iNaturalist—also iNat for short."