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 MoreSilver Y moths are named for a silvery squiggle that adorns each forewing, like a handwritten y. Twice a year these moths (and a lot of songbirds) migrate over Europe while researchers track them with radar. But how do they deal with the wind?
Read MoreAtlantic Puffin, Pine Point Beach, Maine
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.
Read MorePine Point Beach, Maine (click to enlarge)
(I didn't really say it out loud.)
Abby McBride
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Top photo credit: Otto Whitehead
