During late spring and, so far, all this summer, I have been plagued by bazillions of flies, both house flies and fruit flies. I can't have air-conditioning, so I have to turn both fans on and keep the door onto the porch open. And that means that all days long, the flies swarm into my bathroom and main room (I live in a tiny studio apartment) ( Read more... )

http://www.aol.com/article/2015/01/28/siberian-tiger-entertains-herself-by-building/21135923/

A tiger at a Russian zoo reveals an intelligent skill only previously ever seen in ... amused human children on a snow day -- the ( Read more... )

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/140815_turtles.htm

Some tur­tles use vo­cal calls to stick to­geth­er and to care for young, ac­cord­ing to a stu­dy.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/140814_lionfish.htm

A fish that’s in­vad­ing the At­lantic Ocean hunts more like the “ter­mi­na­tor” of mov­ie fame than like an or­di­nary pred­a­tor, wor­ried sci­en­tists say.

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http://www.world-science.net/othernews/140910_cockatoos.htm

Goffin’s cock­a­toos, a type of par­rot, can not only make and use tools but al­so teach oth­ers to do the same, a study con­cludes.

http://www.cracked.com/article_21327_5-animals-who-taught-themselves-eerily-human-skills.html?wa_user1=2&wa_user2=Weird+World&wa_user3=article&wa_user4= ( Read more... )