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Study reveals evolutionary history, biogeographic origins of butterflies

Beech leaf disease is a new threat to the ecosystems of North American woods. Since its discovery in northern Ohio in 2012, it has spread to twelve other US states and Canadian provinces. Read further on Dynamite News:

Examining langurs and odd-nosed monkeys provided scientists with evidence that social behaviours, evolved by adapting to live in extremely cold climate

"My god, that's huge!"

The foam-like substance is produced by an insect as a form of protection

While judges, lawyers and support staff at the federal courthouse in Concord, New Hampshire, keep the American justice system buzzing, thousands of humble honeybees on the building’s roof are playing their part in a more important task: feeding the world

Numbers of super smart seagulls are declining in Australia's largest citizen science project but researchers aren't sure if we've hit "peak gull" or the birds are outsmarting the survey.

Australia's largest barramundi farm has started trialling black jewfish, which is valued for its meat and its thick swim bladder, considered a delicacy and aphrodisiac in Asian markets.

Flies chilled to sub-zero temperatures amputate one or more of their six limbs to protect their internal organs

The sailor with five years of experience described the orcas' movements at first as "a bit of a headbutt" before it turned serious and the ship began to flood

In July 2022, a walrus, affectionately nicknamed Freya, was culled near Norway’s capital city in the Oslo fjord – crowds of people approaching her meant there was a potential risk to human safety. The loss of this charismatic and seemingly peaceful animal sparked a global outcry. Last month, an online…