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With a ground war on the horizon, Israel has told more than a million people in northern Gaza to flee -- a call the White House has deemed a "tall order." With a potential ground offensive maybe just hours away, Israel has told more than a million people in northern Gaza to flee south to escape the fighting -- a move the United Nations said could have "devastating humanitarian consequences." The Israeli Defense Forces early Friday called for civilians to evacuate to the south of Wadi Gaza, citing plans to "operate significantly" in Gaza City after Hamas unleashed unprecedented terror attacks on Israel this past weekend. The U.S. did not receive word from Israel about the mass evacuation ahead of time, according to a U.S. official. The IDF said it was telling residents to leave "for your own safety and the safety of your families." At the same time, Hamas, which has ruled the Gaza Strip for more than a decade, told civilians to stay put, promp...

Female European common frogs were observed seemingly faking their own death to avoid mating with unwanted males, according to a new study. Female frogs aren't hopping to mate with every interested male frog, scientists have found. Instead, they are faking their deaths to escape unwanted attention. Female European common frogs were observed engaging in "tonic immobility," essentially feigning their own death to avoid mating, according to a study published Wednesday in Royal Society Open Science . MORE: Amphibians are in widespread decline, and climate change is to blame, study says The phenomenon seems to have evolved in order for females to survive an intense and potentially dangerous mating season, Carolin Dittrich, an evolutionary and behavioral ecologist who conducted the research as part of the Natural History Museum Berlin, told ABC News. European common frogs engage in an "explosive" breeding season, a short season in which males fiercely compete for ac...