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Kangaroo Rat. Photo by Andy Teucher, via Openverse. An endearing and efficient desert dweller, the kangaroo rat, exhibits unique survival traits, such as the ability to metabolize water exclusively ...

Lorayne Meltzer has lived along the Gulf of California for 30 years. As an ecologist and director of a binational field ...

Apr. 24, 2025 — Plant-based seafood alternatives should have similar flavors, textures and nutritional content to the foods they mimic. And recreating the properties of fried calamari rings ...

The ghostly web-footed gecko is nearly translucent with ... perfect camouflage among the powdery reddish sands of the Namib Desert, their primary habitat. These geckos have adapted their webbed ...

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Sicarius Hahni is a tiny but deadly spider that lives in arid, desert regions. Learn more about this sand spider and why it buries itself.

33,400 people played the daily Crossword recently. Can you solve it faster than others?33,400 people played the daily Crossword recently. Can you solve it faster than others?

It preys on desert birds, rabbits, and other small animals, often making swift leaps of 5 to 7 feet into the air to catch its prey mid-flight — a hunting style that sets it apart from other ...

The policeman's comment about not stopping the government bus said it all about Zimbabwe in 2013. There is one rule for ‘them' and another completely different rule for the rest of ‘us.' As George ...