Chipmunk distraction
/Well I'm back from camping on a seabird nesting island, but I don't have my sketches organized yet. This chipmunk will keep you company while you're waiting. (He lives under my house.)
Pine Point, Maine
Fox sighting
/Saw a fox this morning on the edge of the mudflats.
Machiasport, Maine
Yipes, stripes
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This week's breaking news is that we (still) don't know what zebra stripes are for! A new study says, rather unshockingly, that they probably aren't much use as camouflage.
Read MoreRelative size of giraffes
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Giraffes have a relative called Sivatherium giganteum, which happens to be extinct. It wasn't as tall but apparently it was massive. Wanting to know just how massive, researchers did a 3D skeletal reconstruction and calculated an estimate of its mass.
Read MoreRed Giant Flying Squirrels
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These are Red Giant Flying Squirrels, and guess what, breaking news! Researchers in the Indian Himalayan rainforest have been watching them glide. Yep, watching nocturnal squirrels glide, in the dark, with night vision binoculars. Why? you ask.
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