Squid have tiny teeth in their suckers − scientists could use their unique properties to make self-healing materials
Squid have tiny teeth in their suckers − scientists could use their unique properties to make self-healing materials
https://theconversation.com/squid-have-tiny-teeth-in-their-suckers-scientists-could-use-their-unique-properties-to-make-self-healing-materials-227013
Researchers can use powerful microscopes to capture the tiny teeth in squid suckers.
As human population grows, people and wildlife will share more living spaces around the world
As human population grows, people and wildlife will share more living spaces around the world
https://theconversation.com/as-human-population-grows-people-and-wildlife-will-share-more-living-spaces-around-the-world-237091
As the world’s population grows, contact between humans and wildlife will increase in more than half of Earth’s land areas. A new study shows where the largest changes will occur.
Sharks are taking a bite out of anglers’ catch in the Gulf of Mexico, but culling isn’t likely to help
Sharks are taking a bite out of anglers’ catch in the Gulf of Mexico, but culling isn’t likely to help
https://theconversation.com/sharks-are-taking-a-bite-out-of-anglers-catch-in-the-gulf-of-mexico-but-culling-isnt-likely-to-help-236034
Whether they’re going to cook a fish, have it mounted or just take a photo and then release it, anglers want more than a severed head. But with shark numbers rebounding, they’ve got competition.
Why do animals attack humans in the wild?
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240815-why-wild-animals-attack-humans
Following a spate of predator attacks on hikers and park rangers in the US, Ally Hirschlag investigates why animals attack humans in the wild.
https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2024/08/16/nx-s1-5064652/diabetes-bats-sugar-consumption
What makes the emperor penguin an egg-cellent father
https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0j49drd/what-makes-the-emperor-penguin-an-egg-cellent-father
In the BBC Select documentary Penguins: Spy in the Huddle, we explore the world of penguin fathers.
A Parasitic Eyeworm Is Spreading in the U.S.—and Bears Are the Latest Victims
https://gizmodo.com/a-parasitic-eyeworm-is-spreading-in-the-u-s-and-bears-are-the-latest-victims-2000487397
Researchers have detected the first case of Thelazia callipaeda infection in a Pennsylvania black bear—a troubling sign that the worm has established a foothold in North America.
Urban birds are teeming with antibiotic-resistant bacteria, study finds
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2024/08/urban-birds-resevoir-vector-antibiotic-resistant-bacteria-amr-campylobacter/
Exposure to pathogens in landfills and polluted rivers may explain this prevalence.
Stolen puppy returned to 78-year-old owner who was knocked down and robbed
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/stolen-puppy-returned-minneapolis-victim-b2594794.html
Minneapolis police still looking to identify suspect in case
The “internet of animals” could transform what we know about wildlife
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2024/08/internet-of-animals-wildlife-migration-icarus-martin-wikelski/
A new satellite-based system is poised to illuminate the planet’s nonhuman worlds.
