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Galápagos had no native amphibians. Then it was invaded by hundreds of thousands of frogs

Scientists are only beginning to grasp the scale of the issue and understand what impact the tree frogs may have on the islands’ rare wildlife

The Guardian - UK

Coral Triangle: The giant hidden 'Amazon' beneath the sea that appears somewhat resilient to climate change

The Coral Triangle is an extremely biodiverse patch of ocean around the Philippines and Papua New Guinea. Its relatively murky waters appear to shield it against climate change — for now.

LiveScience

Science costs money – research is guided by who funds it and why

Scientists have always needed someone to help foot the bill for their work.

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Birds all over the world use the same sound to warn of threats

Language enables us to connect with each other and coordinate to achieve incredible feats. Our ability to communicate abstract concepts is often seen as a defining feature of our species, and one that separates us from the rest of life on Earth.

The Conversation

Nature’s not perfect: fig wasps try to balance sex ratios for survival but they can get it wrong

Television nature programmes and scientific papers tend to celebrate the perfection of evolved traits. But the father of evolution through natural selection, Charles Darwin, warned that evolution would produce quirks and “blunders” that reflect a lineage’s history.

The Conversation

‘Publish or perish’ evolutionary pressures shape scientific publishing, for better and worse

While developing his theory of natural selection, Charles Darwin was horrified by a group of wasps that lay their eggs within the bodies of caterpillars, with the larvae eating their hosts alive from the inside-out.

The Conversation

Michael Caine comes out of retirement (again) for Vin Diesel sequel

The veteran actor will be reprising his role as a priest who helps Diesel’s immortal warrior stop the plague in The Last Witch Hunter 2

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50 Times Wild Animals Were Turned Into Hilarious Memes

Who knew how much we have in common with these wild animals?

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50 Times Wild Animals Were Turned Into Hilarious Memes

Who knew how much we have in common with these wild animals?

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40 Fascinating Facts That People Learned Today And Couldn’t Wait To Share (New Facts)

Who's ready to satisfy their curious minds with some interesting facts?

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Size matters, but so does beauty and vigour — at least when it comes to peacocks

In 1871, Charles Darwin introduced his theory of sexual selection by female choice in The Descent of Man. He suggested females of a species would exhibit a preference for beauty and ornamentation when choosing mates, leading to a prevalence of those traits.

The Conversation

Alien: Earth team says the new show’s Xenomorph is "an animal in an ecosystem" with other "predatory" creatures, and explains the subtle design differences

Exclusive | Alien: Earth is doing something a little different with H.R. Giger's perfect organism

Total Film

In Darwin's Wake: Two-year Global Conservation Voyage Sparks Hope

After a two-year around-the-world ocean voyage inspired by Charles Darwin, scientists and crew sailed home on a historic vessel into Rotterdam Thursday bearing a warning about climate change -- but also a message of hope.

International Business Times

‘Best job in the natural world’: seed collector enlisted as modern-day Darwin to document the world’s plants

Newly appointed expedition botanist Matthew Jeffery feels ‘daunted’ but inspired by his unique globetrotting role collecting wild species

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How do we understand life on Earth? An 18th-century rivalry charts the tension between two types of science ‘genius’

The modern science biography must hold back no punches in its mission to represent the subject’s life, equally celebrating their great works while including their personal shortcomings.

The Guardian - US

‘What should be taught in schools?’: the infamous ‘Scopes monkey trial’ turns 100

In 1925, a Tennessee battle over teaching evolution in schools gripped the US and, as festivities commemorate the chaos, the case remains grimly relevant

The Conversation

1 in 4 Americans reject evolution, a century after the Scopes monkey trial spotlighted the clash between science and religion

The 1925 Scopes trial, in which a Dayton, Tennessee, teacher was charged with violating state law by teaching biological evolution, was one of the earliest and most iconic conflicts in America’s ongoing culture war.

The Guardian - UK

‘New hope’: ash trees rapidly evolving resistance to dieback, study reveals

Subtle DNA changes in trees demonstrate Charles Darwin’s natural selection – although human help may be needed

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‘Monkey Biz-ness’: Pop culture helped fan the flames of the Scopes ‘monkey trial’ 100 years ago − and ever since

Ask Americans about the Scopes trial, and they might have heard of it as the “trial of the century,” a showdown over teaching human evolution.

The Independent UK

Royal Ascot Day 3 tips: Trawlerman to spring Gold Cup surprise

Read the latest odds and tips ahead of day three at the famed British flat racing festival

Salon

The animals that keep a beat

The ability to keep a beat was once thought to be uniquely human. Some animals are suggesting otherwise

Evening Standard

‘Zombie spiders’ and Darwin collection among fungi archived in Kew digitisation

Scientists are digitising the Fungarium at Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew – one of the world’s biggest collections of fungal diversity.

Salon

Maybe don't anthropomorphize octopuses

Seeing ourselves in animals could limit what we find out about them. Not seeing ourselves in them could, too

The Conversation

Oskar Fischer: the forgotten pioneer of Alzheimer’s disease research

Ever heard of Fischer’s disease? No? Maybe that is not surprising, because it doesn’t exist. But it could have. In fact, the disease we now know as Alzheimer’s disease might just as easily have been called Fischer’s disease or Alzheimer-Fischer disease.

The Guardian - UK

Enough Is Enuf by Gabe Henry review – the battle to reform English spelling

Philadelphia’s Speling Reform Asoshiashun wasn’t the only group to demand a simpler way of putting things in print

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