Earth & Life
Flamingos are not born pink: chicks hatch a dull grey and only slowly take on their…
The bird most people would name first if asked to picture something pink is not pink when it hatches.
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A blue whale has the largest heart of any animal, but the first recording ever made…
The strangest thing about a blue whale's heart is not its bulk. It is how close that heart comes to stopping.
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A survey of 64 limestone caves in Cambodia, reported in March 2026, turned up…
A multi-year biodiversity survey of limestone caves in western Cambodia has documented at least 11 species apparently new to science, among them a pit viper, several geckos, micro-snails and millipedes.
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Most people alive today will live to see the Arctic Ocean lose its summer ice
The Arctic Ocean has had ice on it, in some form, for essentially the entire span of recognisably modern human existence.