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Double cicada bloom 2024: Google Doodle celebrates once-in-221-year event with band of bugs
By Hannah Osborne published
The "cicada-geddon" is the result of the co-emergence of Brood XIII and Brood XIX, with billions of bugs crawling out of the ground across parts of Eastern U.S.
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Brazilian wandering spiders: Bites & other facts
By Jessie Szalay last updated
Brazilian wandering spiders don't build webs but crawl on the forest floor at night in search of prey, which they kill with neurotoxic venom.
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Canadian 'super pigs' are likely to invade northern US, study warns
By Sascha Pare published
There is "high potential" for hogs that have gone feral in Canada to cross into South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana and Minnesota, where the pigs could inflict billions of dollars in damage.
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How do fireflies light up?
By Freda Kreier published
Fireflies use a glowing chemical reaction to signal to one another in the dark of dusk and night.
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Aardwolf: The weirdo hyena cousin that eats 300,000 termites each night
By Hannah Osborne published
Aardwolves — the "weird cousin" of the hyena world that has peg teeth and only eats insects — are an evolutionary mystery, stemming from a ghost lineage that scientists haven't been able to figure out.
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Crows can count out loud, startling study reveals
By Ben Turner published
This is the first time an animal other than humans has been seen performing the feat of vocal numeracy.
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Giant huntsman spider: The world's largest spider by leg span
By Jessie Szalay, Ailsa Harvey last updated
Reference Giant huntsman spiders are the largest member of the huntsman spider family Sparassidae with a leg span stretching up to 12 inches across — roughly the size of a dinner plate.
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'Puppy eyes' didn't evolve just for humans, study of wild dogs finds
By Joanna Thompson published
A new study debunks the idea that domestic dogs specifically evolved puppy dog eyes to tug on our heartstrings.
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