Tag: mammals
Migrating Birds Can Find Their Flocks After Many Miles and Days Apart
Another study of bird migration using geolocators finds fascinating new facts about social interactions during long-distance flights.
Inexplicable Species and the Theory of Evolution
Man has been searching for fossils, or stumbling upon them, for millennia.
Beating the Summer Heat — Thanks to Human Exceptionalism
It’s hot out. Be glad that you’re a human being, and not some other kind of mammal.
From Bears to Whales: A Difficult Transition
Critics laughed, and he removed it from later editions of his book, but Charles Darwin privately continued to believe that whales evolved from a “race of bears.”
Oral Cavity’s Supposedly “Lousy” Design Is a Key to Human Speech
We’re constantly told that the design of the human larynx, trachea, and oral cavity is poor because it allows for choking on food.