Jonathan Lambert
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In Australia, a biologist discovered a fluffy longhorn beetle covered in spindly white hairs. Researchers in Madagascar described an orchid with a foot-long nectar spur. And divers in Japan discovered a new species of sea squirt that looks like a panda bear wearing a skeleton Halloween costume. There was even a frog who lives its whole life in a tree leaf.
Many of these new species are relatively rare, and amid the planet's ongoing biodiversity crisis, researchers are racing to describe them before it's too late. Jonathan Lambert, NPR News.
Many of these new species are relatively rare, and amid the planet's ongoing biodiversity crisis, researchers are racing to describe them before it's too late. Jonathan Lambert, NPR News.
Humpback whales are known for migrating long distances between feeding and breeding grounds. But these migrations are usually confined to the same ocean basin.
Humpback whales are known for migrating long distances between feeding and breeding grounds. But these migrations are usually confined to the same ocean basin.
In the journal Royal Society Open Science, researchers report that the same whale, identified by its distinctive tail markings, was spotted off South America's northwestern coast in 2017 and then again along Africa's southeastern shores in 2022. Scientists don't know the exact route this whale took, nor why it traveled so far. But the whale beat the previous record by nearly 2,000 miles.
In the journal Royal Society Open Science, researchers report that the same whale, identified by its distinctive tail markings, was spotted off South America's northwestern coast in 2017 and then again along Africa's southeastern shores in 2022. Scientists don't know the exact route this whale took, nor why it traveled so far. But the whale beat the previous record by nearly 2,000 miles.
You know, I know we're not a big rat and they're not little humans, but at a basic level, they have mostly all the same brain areas. Neurochemicals like dopamine and serotonin and plasticity kind of fertilizers that we look at, all of that is in a rat brain.
You know, I know we're not a big rat and they're not little humans, but at a basic level, they have mostly all the same brain areas. Neurochemicals like dopamine and serotonin and plasticity kind of fertilizers that we look at, all of that is in a rat brain.
You know, I know we're not a big rat and they're not little humans, but at a basic level, they have mostly all the same brain areas. Neurochemicals like dopamine and serotonin and plasticity kind of fertilizers that we look at, all of that is in a rat brain.
She sent an email one night and said, Can you teach a rat to drive a car? And I consider myself a serious-minded neuroscientist, so my initial response was, why would I want to do that? But then she reconsidered. Once you start thinking about teaching a rat to drive a car, you can't not think about it. You can't stop thinking about it. Fast forward to a couple years later, guess what this is?
She sent an email one night and said, Can you teach a rat to drive a car? And I consider myself a serious-minded neuroscientist, so my initial response was, why would I want to do that? But then she reconsidered. Once you start thinking about teaching a rat to drive a car, you can't not think about it. You can't stop thinking about it. Fast forward to a couple years later, guess what this is?
She sent an email one night and said, Can you teach a rat to drive a car? And I consider myself a serious-minded neuroscientist, so my initial response was, why would I want to do that? But then she reconsidered. Once you start thinking about teaching a rat to drive a car, you can't not think about it. You can't stop thinking about it. Fast forward to a couple years later, guess what this is?
Almost like a playpen around the entire room and then... some kind of flooring that we put, that we roll out that's a flat surface, and it's black and white check, so it kind of has this raceway kind of idea. And we start the car on one end, and at the other end is what we call the Fruit Loop tree. And we have little straws with Fruit Loops attached via marshmallows. We do give them healthy food.
Almost like a playpen around the entire room and then... some kind of flooring that we put, that we roll out that's a flat surface, and it's black and white check, so it kind of has this raceway kind of idea. And we start the car on one end, and at the other end is what we call the Fruit Loop tree. And we have little straws with Fruit Loops attached via marshmallows. We do give them healthy food.
Almost like a playpen around the entire room and then... some kind of flooring that we put, that we roll out that's a flat surface, and it's black and white check, so it kind of has this raceway kind of idea. And we start the car on one end, and at the other end is what we call the Fruit Loop tree. And we have little straws with Fruit Loops attached via marshmallows. We do give them healthy food.
They just have these treats.
They just have these treats.