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Chuck Bednar for redOrbit.com – @BednarChuck A sea turtle that was wounded by a boat's propeller will soon be able to head back into the water after receiving a 3D-printed prosthetic beak. This is thanks to the efforts of animal rescue workers and an additive manufacturing company, various media outlets are reporting. According to Engadget, the…

Brett Smith for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Kilauea, on the Big Island of Hawaii, is one of the more active shield volcanoes in the Aloha State and observers at the United States Geological Survey are saying that the odds of a major eruption have increased significantly in recent days. "Activity at the summit of Kīlauea…

NOAA Fisheries biologist Nick Wegner holds an opah caught during a research survey off the California Coast. (Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Southwest Fisheries Science Center) While conducting research off the coast of California recently, NOAA Fisheries scientists discovered that the opah, or moonfish, is the first fully warm-blooded fish. Capable of circulating…

This is just…strange. Scientists at Yale apparently created chicken embryos with Velociraptor-like snouts in place of beaks, according to a statement they released yesterday. While it would have been really odd/interesting to see these things walking around, the embryos (somewhat thankfully) didn't survive to hatch. "They actually probably wouldn't have…

Eric Hopton for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Ants' movements seemingly hide or mirror mathematical patterns. If we could tap into their inaudible squeaks they might just be saying to each other "Hey, shall we use Gaussian and Pareto distributions for this one, buddy?" Authors of a new study found apparently random changes in the direction…