Tag: Zoology

Bin there, done that: Cockatoos learn to lift trash lids

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WASHINGTON — A few years ago, a Sydney scientist noticed a sulfur-crested cockatoo opening his trash bin. Not every resident would be thrilled, but...

What pairs with beetle? Startups seek to make bugs tasty

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LONDON — Tiziana Di Costanzo makes pizza dough from scratch, mixing together flour, yeast, a pinch of salt, a dash of olive oil and...

1st female grizzly in 40 years collared in Washington state

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SPOKANE, Wash. — Wildlife biologists have captured a female grizzly bear in Washington state for the first time in 40 years, fitting it with...

Bug experts seeking new name for destructive gypsy moths

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Bug experts are dropping the common name of a destructive insect because it's considered an ethnic slur: the gypsy moth. ...

Study says hunting, poaching reduce Wisconsin wolf numbers

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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — As many as one-third of Wisconsin's gray wolves likely died at the hands of humans in the months after the...

Dead ‘murder hornet’ near Seattle is 1st found in US in 2021

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SPOKANE, Wash. — Scientists have found a dead Asian giant hornet north of Seattle, the first so-called murder hornet found in the country this...

Wolves scare deer and reduce auto collisions 24%, study says

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WASHINGTON — Ecologist Rolf Peterson remembers driving remote stretches of road in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and seeing areas strewn with deer carcasses. But that...

Renowned conservationist Jane Goodall wins Templeton Prize

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Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for her expertise on chimpanzees and her globe-spanning advocacy of environmental causes, was named Thursday as this year’s winner...

Sharks use Earth’s magnetic field as a GPS, scientists say

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PORTLAND, Maine — Sharks use the Earth's magnetic field as a sort of natural GPS to navigate journeys that take them great distances across...

EXPLAINER: What are cicadas and why do they bug some people?

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Cicadas, red-eyed bugs singing loud sci-fi sounding songs, can seem downright creepy. Especially since the trillions of them coming this year emerge from underground...