Science Behind the Photo #19
There can be few species on Earth about which more myths exist than piranhas. Piranhas have an aggressive image as flesh-eaters, able to dilacerate a human body in seconds. While piranhas do...
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Eight million cows roam Brazil’s Pantanal – the world’s largest wetland – and with all that beef chomping through the area’s vegetation, environmentalists are nervous that native mammals could be...
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This is odd behaviour for a southern tamandua anteater (tamandua tetradactyla). They’re usually found in trees, not wandering open grassland. In fact, tamanduas are so badly adapted for living on the...
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The Pantanal, Brazil, August 2005 – Caimans (Caiman crocodilus) are small members of the alligator family found all over Central and Southern America. This one was lounging in shallow water in Brazil’s...
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Leprosy was once thought to be on the verge of elimination. Neil Stoker talks to Professor Diana Lockwood about what went wrong.
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Separating fact from fiction – everything you need to know about Zika virus.
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