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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. Climate

    Life-saving research on extreme heat comes under fire

    The Trump administration’s cuts to heat research come at a time when climate change is making extreme heat waves more common and intense.