Meet the unexpected animals that can grab, grip and climb like humans

Although we commonly think of opposable thumbs being associated with humans due to how we use them for dexterity and ...

Unraveling the evolution of an extraordinary photosynthesis in a tropical tree species

Plants use sunlight to convert water and carbon dioxide into energy-rich sugars and oxygen in various ways (photosynthesis).
Science Daily

Evolution isn’t random. Scientists find the same genes used for 120 million years

Evolution seems to follow a script more often than expected. Researchers found that distantly related butterflies and moths ...

Opossums as weapons against Burmese pythons? Here's what's happening

Florida's opossums could soon become weaponized against prolific and invasive Burmese pythons by tracking them.

Invasive Burmese pythons may have met their match – opossums

Researchers are using tracking collars on opossums to find the invasive Burmese pythons in Florida. We explain how it's done.

Missing link in evolution of ancient fish found in 150-year-old museum specimen

A new species of coelacanth has been identified from a 150-year-old fossil housed at London's Natural History Museum. Former ...
Sun Sentinel

Possums vs. pythons: How Florida’s only marsupial became a weapon against invasive snakes

KEY LARGO — Biologists A.J. Sanjar and Michael Cove part a curtain of vegetation and stride into the shadows of a dense forest in Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge to check on a line of possum ...

The 30 Best Pokemon of All Time

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Popular Science

What to do if you find a baby opossum

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