If The Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit taught us anything, it’s not to judge someone’s abilities based on their size. Even the smallest of us can achieve the greatest things. This tiny dachshund sure did. Valerie the miniature dachshund was recently with her family. She had been missing for a year and a …
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If you know all of these spring fun facts, that would be surprising. Like do you know which mammal travels furthest each year? The day and night are similar in length to the point of being almost equal during the spring equinox and the word equinox comes from the Latin words meaning “equal night.” April …
Some animals are shockingly intelligent. They can learn to use tools, solve complex environmental puzzles, and remember stuff for longer than humans can. They can even learn to obey traffic lights — in their own way. Dr. Vladimir Dinets, a zoologist from New Jersey, has discovered a young hawk that has developed a unique hunting …
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The Cold War might as well have been called the Spy War because, really, that’s what it was. The CIA and its Soviet counterpart, the KGB, were constantly coming up with new, sneaky ways to find out what was happening on the other side of the Iron Curtain. Some spying techniques the CIA developed were …
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With our phones, computers, and other smart devices always listening, it’s not necessarily paranoia to be cautious about somebody spying on you. Even the birds in the sky may be conspiring against you. Or that’s what the residents of this Ethiopian village thought, anyway. Recently, a bunch of villagers in Ethiopia caught a seagull. On …
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Fossils can tell us so much about what life was like on ancient Earth. For example, a few footprints are enough to know that one rainy day, one of the first land animals was playing around with a friend. Some fossils, though, leave everybody scratching their heads. Life has taken many forms over four billion …
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It always sucks when somebody steals something that’s yours. It smarts twice as much, though, when a living being you’re attached to get stolen. For instance, it could be your cat. That’s theft that was at the heart of a recent strange court case in Switzerland. It involves a retired woman who started feeding her …
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Life originated in Earth’s oceans some 4 billion years ago, but it took a hot minute for it to crawl onto dry land. The first creatures started flopping around on land some 400 million years ago, and they didn’t start truly walking until some 318 million years ago. Or that’s what the general understanding has …
Most pet owners are prepared to go above and beyond to keep their dear critters happy and healthy. That said, there is often a limit on just how much you’re prepared to sacrifice. For instance, buying a gold tooth worth thousands of dollars might be outside some pet owners’ ballpark (never mind their budgets). But …
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We all have our passions. Some people like classic cars, others are dedicated to fashion, and some folks collect sock puppets. Tim Friede likes to get bitten by snakes. Venomous ones. Repeatedly. Having been interested in all manner of slithering creatures all his life, some two decades ago, Friede decided to start letting venomous snakes …
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