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Gray seals may sense their own blood oxygen levels

Gray seals may sense their own blood oxygen levels

But marine mammals, who spend most of their lives submerged, can’t afford to let their oxygen levels drop to the point where they lose consciousness, says ecologist Chris McKnight of the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.


Cricket frogs belly flop their way across water

Cricket frogs belly flop their way across water

Native to the eastern half of the United States and northeastern Mexico, these critters are so tiny that one can fit on a penny, says Weiss, formerly of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg.


Mole or marsupial? This subterranean critter with a backward pouch is both

Mole or marsupial? This subterranean critter with a backward pouch is both

The first people living around central Australia’s iconic great red rock domes (now Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park) certainly knew of the local mole, which features in their cultural lore.


These hornets may be the alcohol-detox champs of the animal world

These hornets may be the alcohol-detox champs of the animal world

Now at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev’s Sde Boker campus in Israel, she wants to know whether ethanol changes hornet social interactions or the frequency of tending larvae.


National Geographic’s ‘OceanXplorers’ dives into the ocean’s mysteries

National Geographic’s ‘OceanXplorers’ dives into the ocean’s mysteries

To attach the camera, two members of the research team — shark biologist Melissa Cristina Márquez and Aldo Kane, formerly of the Royal Marines — join Prieto on an inflatable motorboat to search for a pod.