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posted by newtboy 8 months 1 week ago • 134 views • 28 secs

Axolotls are one of science’s most studied animals. Why, you ask? These extraordinary salamanders are masters of regeneration: they can flawlessly regenerate body parts ranging from amputated limbs and... continue reading

posted by newtboy 3 years 2 months 1 week ago • 230 views • 5:22

In the fast-flowing streams of eastern Tennessee, Emilly Nolan is working hard to reestablish a population for a strange looking animal with an even stranger array of nicknames. The Eastern hellbender—aka... continue reading

posted by newtboy 4 years 11 months 1 week ago • 153 views • 6:51

Filmmaker Jan van IJken's Becoming reveals the fascinating genesis of animal life. A single cell is transformed into a complete, complex living organism with a beating heart and running bloodstream. Observe... continue reading

posted by newtboy 5 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 495 views • 6:43

YouTube description: You can tell a lot about an animal from the way it moves, which is why scientists have been recreating the movements of an extinct crocodile-like creature called Orobates pabsti.... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 11 months ago • 443 views • 4:19

Salamanders are a major link in the food web, and measured by weight, there can be more salamander biomass than all mammals and birds combined in a forest. Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bs or Bsal),... continue reading

posted by newtboy 8 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 112 views • 3:12