I get a lot of books in the mail. Other people around here get the latest by Dan Brown or Ted Kennedy’s memoir. I get “Why Fish Fart,” “Alien Hand Syndrome,” “The Gigantic Reader,” “Does Size Matter?” ...

Who amongst us hasn’t wondered if a snake can fart? Dani Rabiotti, a quantitative ecologist, posed that question to Twitter in 2017. Her inquiry into animal flatulence went viral, of course. From ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. It all started with a simple question: "Do snakes fart?" Dani Rabaiotti had no idea. But the zoologist ...

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DULUTH, Minn. — Greg Bambenek remembers as a kid going out on the Mississippi River with his dad, putting out set lines for flathead catfish. In a rowboat, the two would set out 50 baits, all ...

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Fish have plenty to say and we need to make more of an effort to listen to them and understand what they’re talking about, researchers say. The hums, grunts, squeals and even farts made by soniferous, ...