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Sarah Zielinski

Sarah Zielinski
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Sarah Zielinski is a science writer and editor with more than a decade of experience covering a wide breadth of science, from astronomy to zoology. A former editor at Smithsonian magazine, she has been published in Scientific American, Discover, National Geographic News, Science and Slate. The winner of the DCSWA 2010 Science News Brief Award, she has a B.A. in biological sciences from Cornell University and an M.A. in journalism through New York University’s Science, Health and Environmental Reporting Program. She writes the blog Wild Things at Science News.

Sarah's Content

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storks scavengers

A small percentage of wildebeests drown as they try to cross a river in East Africa. But their carcasses can provide resources to the river ecosystem for many years, a new study finds.

CHRISTOPH STRÄSSLER/FLICKR (CC BY-SA 2.0)

 Animals
Wildebeest drownings feed a river ecosystem for years
Thousands of carcasses provide nutrients for a succession of other creatures
octopus dolphin
 Animals
Toss and slap — how dolphins disarm a dangerous meal
Tossing an octopus into the air disarms tentacles that can stick in the throat
badger cow
 Animals
Industrious badger caught burying an entire cow
Camera-trap documents the badger digging for days
European hamster
 Animals
Wild hamsters raised on corn eat their young alive
Researchers worry that animals living in corn fields could be deprived of a key vitamin
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