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May 29 marked the second year of the Tinubu/Shettima presidency. It also marked the 26th year of uninterrupted democracy for the first time in the history of Nigeria. This means that there has been an ...
Phineas and Ferb season 5 brought a fresh set of adventures from the beloved brothers and was released on June 5, 2025. The animated series has been a fan-favorite Disney show since 2007.
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Poem: All races, all colors, under the sun / Join hands together and have some fun / Dance to the music, rock and roll is the sound / Symbols of peace and love abound! This bear was released when the ...
Platypus, ornithorhynchus anatinus, Close up of Beak, Australia. Image by slowmotiongli via Depositphotos. Researchers employ a variety of sophisticated techniques to study biofluorescence in ...
Notoriously tough to count, the venomous, egg-laying mammals seem to be declining. Platypus researcher and ecologist Josh Griffiths cradles a female platypus he just captured. Researchers are ...
Unlike a bird’s rigid beak, the platypus bill is a marvel of biological engineering, allowing them to detect the electrical impulses from prey animals’ muscle movements and navigate in murky waters ...
"The bill of the platypus is well known to have lots of highly sensitive receptors that detect tiny electrical currents generated by prey," Hand points out. "And while the beak of the echidnas has ...
“The bill of the platypus is well known to have lots of highly sensitive receptors that detect tiny electrical currents generated by prey,” Prof. Hand says. “And while the beak of the echidnas has ...
The platypus is well adapted for a semi-aquatic ... reduction of the duck-like bill to a narrow beak, and a reduced number of electroreceptors on that beak. However, precisely when this ...
The platypus is well adapted for a semi-aquatic ... reduction of the duck-like bill to a narrow beak, and a reduced number of electroreceptors on that beak. However, precisely when this ...