Animals
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Environment
PCB levels still high in Europe’s killer whales, smaller dolphins
PCBs banned for decades still show up at extremely high concentrations in Europe’s killer whales and other dolphins.
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Animals
Alien species fly on the wings of ducks and other waterbirds
Ducks, geese and other waterbirds can transport nonnative species and help alien invaders establish themselves.
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Animals
Capturing the wonders of hummingbird flight
Recent computer simulations reveal how hummingbirds manipulate the air around them to aid in flight.
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Animals
Ants don’t make decisions on the move
Worker ants stand still while processing environmental cues and planning their next moves, a new study suggests.
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Paleontology
Fossils provide link in dino crest evolution
Fossils from a newly identified duck-billed dinosaur in Montana could explain how their descendants developed flamboyant nose crests.
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Animals
The fine art of hunting microsnails
Flotation, tact and limestone all prove vital to the quest for microsnails.
By Susan Milius -
Animals
The moon drives the migration of Arctic zooplankton
In the darkness of the Arctic winter, the moon replaces the sun as the driver of zooplankton migration, a new study finds.
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Animals
The mites living on your face probably run in your family
Demodex folliculorum mites, which live on human skin, have probably evolved with their hosts over time.
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Animals
Small lizard packs powerful tongue
A tiny chameleon from South Africa sets an acceleration and power record for amniotes.
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Animals
Littlest chameleons pack powerful tongues
A tiny chameleon from South Africa sets an acceleration and power record for amniotes.
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Paleontology
Saber-toothed salmon teeth more like tusks than fangs
Saber-toothed salmon teeth may not have been positioned like fangs at all.
By Susan Milius -
Animals
Animals get struck by lightning, too
Scientists found a group of sea lions apparently dead from a lightning strike. But those animals certainly aren’t the first animals to die that way.