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703 results for: Invertebrate

  1. Oceans

    Magnetism from underwater power cables doesn’t deter sea life

    High-voltage power cables that ferry electricity across the seafloor do not negatively impact local fish and crabs, new studies show.

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  2. Animals

    Silver ant hairs reflect sunlight, keeping Sahara dweller cool

    The shiny hairs of the Saharan silver ant simultaneously reflect sunlight and permit the release of body heat, keeping the insects just cool enough to scavenge in the extreme summer sun.

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  3. Animals

    Why whistling caterpillars scare birds

    Caterpillars that whistle when birds peck at them may be giving phony avian warning calls.

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  4. Animals

    Organisms age in myriad ways — and some might not even bother

    There is great variety in how animals and plants deteriorate (or don’t) over time.

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  5. Plants

    Marsh grass masquerades as a native species

    The abundant cordgrass found in South American marshes may actually have invaded the region more than two centuries ago, a new study concludes.

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  6. Animals

    What happens to animals in a hurricane?

    Hurricanes can be devastating to animals on land and in the sea, but they can also provide opportunities.

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  7. Animals

    Some animals ‘see’ the world through oddball eyes

    Purple urchins, aka crawling eyeballs, are just one of several bizarre visual systems broadening scientists’ view of what makes an eye.

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  8. Animals

    ‘Virgin births’ won’t save endangered sawfish

    Sawfish are the first wild vertebrates found to reproduce via parthenogenesis.

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  9. Animals

    Why we need predators

    It might be easy to say that we should wipe out species that can kill us. But the effects of such action would be far ranging.

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  10. Animals

    Wealth of cephalopod research lost in a 19th century shipwreck

    Nineteenth-century scientist Jeanne Villepreux-Power sent her research papers and equipment on a ship that sank off the coast of France, submerging years’ worth of observations on cephalopods.

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  11. Climate

    Arctic passageways let species mingle

    People aren’t the only animals likely to use passages that open up as the Arctic melts.

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  12. Animals

    Invasive rabbitfish team up to raze algal forests

    Tropical rabbitfish have expanded into temperate Mediterranean waters, where they destroy algae forests by gobbling both young and adult algae.

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