Good News Notes: “ Water voles are being released at a site in Yorkshire, UK, as part of the second phase of a nature scheme to help the endangered mammals. Some 100 water voles will be released in Timble Ings Woods in the Washburn valley, part of the Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), from…
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New Species of Praying Mantis Impales Its Prey on Barbed Spikes
Good News Notes: “Mantises are elite ambush predators, snatching their victims with a lightning-fast strike of their front limbs. But one newly described species doesn’t just hold its prey in a prickly embrace: It impales it, using long, barbed tines to expertly polish off the squirming morsel like a chunk of bread skewered on a…