This is great for the x-ray video of moles digging through Couscous. Cause EVERYONE wants to watch an x-ray video of moles digging through Couscous. Right?
http://www.nytimes.com/video/science/100000002674130/sciencetake-moles-on-the-move.html?playlistId=1194811622277
Jurassic Park got it wrong. A better evaluation of what Dilophosaurus probably looked like. (please note, though, that the lower image, with the teeth outside of the mouth, is probably completely wrong. For the vast majority of animals teeth go INSIDE the mouth.)
http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2014/01/28/how-dilophosaurus-became-a-rock-star/
Most people who are bitten by poisonous snakes are bitten when they are trying to HANDLE the snakes (often when they're trying to kill the dangerous animal, that dangerous animal that would normally flee from the big, stomping human if they were given a chance). Where you get bitten (hand vs. mouth [disturbingly a common location for snake bites] vs. foot) has a big impact on your prognosis. New work shows that where the snake is from also has a big impact. The same species can produce different types of toxins depending on the local environment.
http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2014/01/27/rattlesnakes-two-hours-apart-pack-totally-different-venoms/
Ants do some seriously interesting stuff. Now it turns out that PLANTS are competing with each other to get the attention of certain species of ant.
http://entomologytoday.org/2014/01/16/certain-plants-compete-for-ants/
Think winter is a time of hibernation [or death] for the insects around us? Then let me introduce you to the SNOW FLEA! (actually, they're kind of cute!)
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2014/01/snow-fleas/
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