‘Vampire’ catfish which can swim up man’s urethra use larger host fish as Amazon water taxis

Notorious ‘vampire’ catfish which crave blood and can swim up a man’s URETHRA travel through the Amazon river by using larger host fish as ‘water taxis’, study finds A new study suggests vampire fish attach themselves to a larger host to navigate the difficult waters of the Amazon river In April 2019, researchers saw several … Read more

Study is the first to reveal why human brains are larger those of gorillas and chimpanzees

The human brain is three times the size of our closest primate relatives and a new study is the first to identify how we developed the larger cerebrum. Researchers at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge solved the mystery by collecting cells from humans, gorillas and chimpanzees that were reprogrammed … Read more

Dogs: Larger breeds including Great Danes and Rottweilers are at a higher risk of bone cancer 

Osteosarcoma — a painful and aggressive form of bone cancer — is more common in larger dog breeds like Great Danes and Rottweilers, a study has confirmed. Experts led from the University of Bristol analysed health data on 906,967 dogs to identify those breeds and characteristics that might increase the risk of the cancer. The team found … Read more

Extinction of larger animals led to the human brain doubling in size around 30,000 years ago

The extinction of large animals led to the human brain growing, a new study reveals. When humans first emerged in Africa 2.6 million years ago the average animal size was more than 1,000 pounds, making them easy prey. Throughout the Pleistocene era, creatures’ sizes decreased by 90 percent, which forced our ancient ancestors to developing … Read more

Giant iceberg larger than New York City breaks off Antarctic shelf

A giant iceberg larger than New York City has broken away from the Antarctic ice shelf.  The separation took place last week near Britain’s Halley research station, with 490-square mile iceberg breaking off from the 492-feet thick Brunt Ice Shelf in a process called ‘calving’, the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) said.   It comes almost a decade after scientists … Read more

Phobos and Deimos are the remnants of a much larger Martian moon blown apart one billion years ago

The moons of Mars — Phobos and Deimos — are two fragments of what was once a much larger Martian satellite that was blown apart by a huge collision, a study finds.  It is thought the collision between the moon and a stray rock, potentially an asteroid, occurred between one and 2.7 billion years ago … Read more

David and Victoria Beckham in NEW war with neighbours amid larger lake plans at their Cotswolds home

It was recently revealed that the couple want to make the lake at their Cotswolds estate even bigger than originally planned. And now, David and Victoria Beckham are said to be in a NEW war with their neighbours, who fear the couple want to ‘race speed boats’ amid plans to enlarge the lake at their … Read more

Kelly Ripa recreates a hilarious family picture from 2003 with her kids: ‘Objects may appear larger’

Kelly Ripa recreates a hilarious family picture from 2003 with her three grown-up kids: ‘Objects may appear larger’ By Deirdre Simonds For Dailymail.com Published: 03:44 BST, 21 August 2020 | Updated: 03:44 BST, 21 August 2020 While a lot has changed in the last seventeen years, Kelly Ripa rewound time by recreating a hilarious family photo with her … Read more

Primates have evolved larger voice boxes than other mammals to help with social interactions 

Rodentia (gnawing mammals) Includes mountain beavers, chipmunks, squirrels, marmots, field mice, lemmings, muskrats, hamsters, gerbils, Old World mice, rats, geomyidae (gophers), and Dipodidae (jerboas).  1,700 species, the largest mammalian order.  Chiroptera (bats) There are two suborders of bats, the only mammals that can fly.  Suborder Megachiroptera contains one family, the Pteropodidae (flying foxes, Old Worm … Read more

Weird exoplanet 40 times larger than Earth may be the leftover core of a gas giant

Weird exoplanet 40 times larger than Earth orbiting a star 730 light-years away may be the exposed core of a Jupiter-like gas giant, scientists claim Exoplanet named TOI 849 b orbits its star every 18 hours – a very fast year It is thought the gases surrounding the core were stripped away by the proximity … Read more