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Cuttlefish dazzle mates with light patterns invisible to humans
New York Times, Published on 27/01/2026
» NEW YORK - Many of the snazziest decorations in the animal kingdom are charm offensives, put on by creatures trying to mate. While some of these adornments, like a peacock’s tail feathers or a moose’s antlers, are obvious even to humans, others can be perceived only with sensory capabilities that we do not have.
This bird's beautiful, but he has a huge blind spot
New York Times, Published on 26/11/2025
» NEW YORK - To woo mates, male golden pheasants are dressed to impress. They strut around with cinnamon-colored tail quills and a striped hood of orange and black feathers. Then there is its forehead crest of yellow plumage that is slightly reminiscent of a certain politician’s slicked-back coiffure.
Australian scientists grapple with 'despicable' butterfly heist
AFP, Published on 18/09/2025
» SYDNEY — Almost eight decades after Colin Wyatt stole and then vandalised thousands of precious Australian butterfly specimens, scientists are still untangling his web of deception.
Australia's 'mushroom murderer' handed life in prison with parole
AFP, Published on 08/09/2025
» MELBOURNE - An Australian woman who murdered three people with toxic mushrooms was sentenced on Monday to life in prison with parole after 33 years, capping a trial that sparked a global media frenzy.
Australian mushroom meal survivor says only 'half alive' after wife's murder
AFP, Published on 25/08/2025
» MELBOURNE - The only guest to survive a toxic mushroom lunch with Australian murderer Erin Patterson said Monday he feels "half alive" without his wife, who was one of the three victims.
Australian mushroom murderer accused of poisoning husband
AFP, Published on 08/08/2025
» SYDNEY - Australia's recently convicted mushroom murderer also tried to poison her husband with a chicken korma curry, according to accusations aired Friday after a suppression order lapsed.
New species teem in Cambodia's threatened karst
AFP, Published on 08/08/2025
» PHNOM PROEK (CAMBODIA) - A biologist might go a lifetime without discovering a new species. It took a team exploring Cambodia's limestone karst a single night to find three.
Rotten insects, viral videos and climate change: S.Korea battles 'lovebug' invasion
AFP, Published on 09/07/2025
» INCHEON, South Korea - K-pop's BTS are grossed out by them. A YouTuber ate them. Hikers plough through them: South Korea is dealing with a "lovebug" invasion that experts say highlights worsening climate change.
Australian woman found guilty of toxic-mushroom murders
AFP, Published on 07/07/2025
» MORWELL, Australia - An Australian woman murdered her husband's parents and aunt by lacing their beef Wellington lunch with toxic mushrooms a jury found on Monday at the end of trial watched around the world.
Australian moth ‘uses stars to navigate long distances’
AFP, Published on 19/06/2025
» PARIS - A species of Australian moth travels up to a thousand kilometres every summer using the stars to navigate, scientists said Wednesday, the first time this talent has been discovered in an invertebrate covering vast distances.