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Animals

The first known scorpion to live with ants carries mini hitchhikers

Small arachnids hitch a ride on the scorpion, possibly to get inside food-rich ant nests.

Plants

Here’s why blueberries are blue

Nanostructures in a blueberry’s waxy coating make it look blue, despite having dark red pigments — and no blue ones — in its skin, a new study reports.

Planetary Science

Saturn’s ‘Death Star’ moon might contain a hidden ocean

A fresh look at Cassini data reveals slight changes in the tiny moon’s orbit that suggest the presence of a vast ocean beneath the satellite’s icy shell.

Plants

This weird fern is the first known plant that turns its dead leaves into new roots

Cyathea rojasiana tree ferns seem to thrive in Panama’s Quebrada Chorro forest by turning dead leaves into roots that seek out nutrient-rich soil.