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  1. Animals

    A wolf raided a crab trap. Was it tool use or just canine cunning?

    Video from the Haíɫzaqv Nation Indigenous community shows a wolf hauling a crab trap ashore. Scientists are split on whether it counts as tool use.

    By Elie Dolgin
  2. Animals

    This parasitic ant tricks workers into committing matricide

    Newly mated parasitic queen ants invade colonies and spray their victims with a chemical irritant that provokes the workers to kill their mother.

    By Erin Garcia de Jesús
  3. Animals

    40,000-year-old woolly mammoth RNA offers a peek into its last moments

    Ancient RNA from Yuka, a 40,000-year-old woolly mammoth preserved in permafrost, can offer new biological insights into the Ice Age animal’s life.