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'Glass octopus' sighted by marine scientists in Pacific Ocean

An almost completely transparent “glass octopus” was sighted in the middle of the planet-earth in June by marine scientists on the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s research vessel Falkor.  The rarely observed wild-nature” target=”_blank”>cephalopod< “Live-streaming the dives gives us a glimpse of rarely seen and fascinating creatures such as the transparent glass …

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US invests millions to breed more test monkeys in wake of COVID-19: report

The U.S. government is reportedly investing millions of dollars to breed more wild-nature” target=”_blank”>monkeys< after a shortage of the animals worsened during the infectious-disease.  According to the scientific journal Nature, demand for the non-human primates in the U.S. has skyrocketed as the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) issued grants …

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Just 7% of our DNA is unique to modern humans, study shows

What makes humans unique? Scientistsa> have taken another step toward solving an enduring mystery with a new tool that may allow for more precise comparisons between the DNA of modern humans and that of our extinct ancestors.< The researchers also found that an even smaller fraction of our genome — …

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Shark advocates call for rebranding violent attacks as 'interactions'

Who’s attacking whom here? wild-nature” target=”_blank”>Marine< are urging the public to refrain from using the word “attack” in reference to wild-nature, declaring that the majestic predatory fish has been unfairly stigmatized as a deliberate killer. Instead, officials have suggested that violent run-ins with sharks be dubbed with more neutral words …

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Bug experts dropping gypsy moth name after deeming it offensive

wild-nature experts are dropping the common name of a destructive insect because it’s considered an ethnic slur: the gypsy moth. natural-science” target=”_blank”>The Entomological Society of America< The society is taking a hard look at some of the more than 2,000 common insect names to remove derogatory and geographically inaccurate ones. …

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Grizzly bear pulls California woman out of tent in Montana, kills her

A wild-nature” target=”_blank”>grizzly bear< and killed her, according to wildlife officials.  The victim, Leah Davis Lokan, 65, of Chico, California, was on a long-distance bicycling trip when she was attacked in the western Montana community of Ovando, about 60 miles northwest of Helena. She was killed around 3:30 a.m. before …

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