Invading Bullfrogs Appear Nearly Unstoppable
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The North American bullfrog population is booming. That may sound like good news, but it isn't&#151;not when the frog has leaped far beyond its native habitat.
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GATLINBURG, Tenn. - An arborist from North Carolina had to climb an eastern hemlock in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park to confirm what had been estimated: The Laurel Branch Leviathan is the heftiest hemlock of its kind.
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Cyprian honeybees don&#39;t smother their enemies with kindness&mdash;they just smother them to death, research now reveals.  This novel strategy has never been seen before in insects, &quot;and probably in all animal species,&quot; apidologist Gerard Arnold at the National Center of Scientific Research in France, told LiveScience.  Cyprian honeybees (Apis mellifera cypria) do possess stingers to defend themselves. However, their archenemy, the Oriental hornet (Vespa orientalis), is protected from such attacks by their hard body armor. ...
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By Associated Press  Stingrays are strange-looking but normally shy creatures whose defenses include poisonous, serrated barbs in their tails.
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Tough and tiny snails that threaten to crowd out native species by hogging all the food have shown up in a Colorado creek for the first time, state wildlife biologists said Tuesday.
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Science & environment: Sightings of reclusive bird known for boom-like call at highest level since detailed monitoring began in 1990.
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There have been a handful of sporting greats who have built up an aura of invincibility over the years. Arsenal&#39;s players huddle up after equalling Nottingham Forest&#39;s 42-game record.
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It's games like this that make a team feel almost invincible.
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From a gentles creature, a lesson in ferocious tenacity.
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Hogzilla is being made into a horror movie. But the sequel may be even bigger: Meet Monster Pig. An 11-year-old boy used a pistol to kill a wild hog his father says weighed a staggering 1,051 pounds and measured 9 feet 4, from the tip of its snout to the base of its tail. Think hams as big as car tires.
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The cane toad is growing so big and hopping so rapidly into new territory that they are developing severe arthritis.
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The threat to orangutans from illegal logging may be greater than has previously been predicted.
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There are no easy answers when it comes to keeping the world's largest land mammal in check.
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ARSENAL fear the defence of their Premiership crown is being threatened by bullying tactics from their opponents. The Gunners stretched their unbeaten run to 47 as they overcame a tough
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Fighting an enemy as invisible as he is deadly
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Trap-jaw ants have the fastest predatory limb movements ever recorded in the animal kingdom, scientists say.
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'Safety in numbers' for Amazonian legend Visitors to the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition will be greeted with the rather disagreeable news that the feared piranha - legendary for hanging around in ferocious packs dedicated to reducing their prey to skeletal remains in seconds - actually congregate for fear of themselves ending up on the menu.â¦