Oxy Organisms

Follow along with the Occidental College Bio 110 classes as we learn about the diversity of Organisms on Earth.

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Huge fossil is oldest giant flowering tree in North America — National Geographic

The 92-million-year-old discovery pushes back the presence of these massive plants in the region by 15 million years.

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How scientists captured a stunning, hellish menagerie of half-dissolved creatures — The Verge

‘The shrew is probably the one that haunts my nightmares’

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Scientists make cane toad DNA breakthrough

It may help stop the animal's rapid and destructive march across Australia, researchers say.

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How This Popular Garden Plant May Spread Parasites That Harm Monarchs

Non-native tropical milkweed encourage year-round monarch populations which harbor a deadly parasite for the imperiled insect

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Are Cities Making Animals Smarter?

A mysterious wild cat in Sri Lanka may hold a clue.

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This Adorable Sea Slug is a Sneaky Little Thief | Deep Look

Take the PBSDS survey: https://to.pbs.org/2018YTSurvey Explore our VR slug and support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/deeplook Nudibranchs may look c...

Weapon stealers! 

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To Predict Effects Of Global Warming, Scientists Looked Back 20,000 Years

More than 40 researchers concluded that climate change would make ecosystems such as deciduous forests, grasslands and Arctic tundra unrecognizable.

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Watch What Happens When a Rattlesnake Meets a Giant Centipede - National Geographic

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Geologists classify the last 4,200 years as being a distinct age in the story of our planet.

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Ancient Temple Reveals Secrets of Mexico’s Meat-Eating Bats

These rare, mysterious carnivores aren’t after insects or blood: They want rodents, songbirds, and even other bats.

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Researchers catch biggest tadpole on record

This critter might be a tad too big. The largest bullfrog tadpole on record was discovered by a volunteer at the American Museum of Natural History’s Southwestern Research Station in Arizona, resea…

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Paleontologists have identified the world's oldest lizard, providing key insight into the evolution of modern lizards and snakes.

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Boldness correlates with the mating success, but not body size or sex, of yellow-spotted monitor lizards roaming the remote Oombulgurri floodplains of tropical Western Australia, ecologists report. Bold individuals expose themselves to much higher risk of being eaten by predators during the dangerous wet season. The researchers demonstrated quantifiable behavioral syndromes in the large lizards, with an intriguing relationship to the lizards' seasonal hunting strategies.

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Scientists show how two different species of Australian fairy-wrens not only recognize individual birds from other species, but also form long-term partnerships that help them forage and defend their shared space as a group.

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These Lizards Evolved Toxic Green Blood

The strange trait has developed four separate times and may protect the skinks from certain malaria strains