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This Flower Hides a Secret: It’s Really a Carnivore

This wildflower looks innocent. Found in wetlands not far from major cities in the Pacific Northwest, it attracts pollinators with white flowers on a long, sticky stem. You can even buy Western False Asphodel seeds from garden stores.But,…

‘There Is a Proper and Flawed Option to Tickle a Rat’

MELBOURNE, Australia — It’s generally not a good time to be a rodent in Australia. On farms across the country, mice are being poisoned and chased out of fields by desperate farmers as the country suffers one of the worst mouse plagues in…

Squirrel Parkour Artists Are as Good as They Are Athletic

Olympic gymnasts amaze the world with their performances on the uneven bars. Fortunately, they don't have to compete with squirrels.Suppose that instead of the uneven bars, human gymnasts would have to fly through the treetops, jumping…

We’ve Underestimated the Social Lives of Giraffes

Giraffes seem to stand above everything. Like two-story ascetics, they float over the savannah and peer out at the turmoil behind their long eyelashes. For decades, many biologists thought that giraffes extended this treatment to their…