Animals

  1. Animals

    Gut bacteria’s compounds bring cockroaches together

    German cockroaches may rely on gut bacteria to help attract fellow roaches.

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  2. Animals

    Pygmy slow loris hibernates in winter

    The pygmy slow loris truly hibernates, making it the first primate found outside Madagascar to do so, a new study says.

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  3. Animals

    A single penguin can break up a huddle

    A new study documents how penguins regulate body temperature by forming huddles and breaking groupings apart.

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  4. Animals

    Pygmy slow loris in Asia takes unusual downtime in winter

    The pygmy slow loris is the first primate outside Madagascar found to hibernate.

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  5. Plants

    Pretty flower uses dead arthropods to lure protectors

    A sticky columbine from California lures arthropods to their death to lure protectors to the plant, a new study suggests.

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  6. Animals

    Inside the roaring sex lives of howler monkeys

    Listening to the intense roars of howler monkeys in Mexico inspired scientists to decipher how and why calls differ among species.

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  7. Animals

    Mystery deepens for what made tarantulas blue

    Blue hair on tarantulas shows what evolution does with iridescence that females probably don’t care about.

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  8. Animals

    Snakes evolved from burrowing ancestor, new data suggest

    A new X-ray analysis of inner ears is the latest to weigh in on whether modern snakes descended from a burrowing or a swimming reptile.

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  9. Animals

    For a python, every meal is like Thanksgiving

    Burmese pythons rarely eat, but when they do, they gorge. Unlike humans, pythons have adaptations that allow them to survive on huge meals.

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  10. Genetics

    Water bears are genetic mash-ups

    Drying out may help tardigrades soak up new DNA, which in turn aids the water bears in withstanding stress.

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  11. Animals

    Five species that show why ‘bird brain’ is a stupid phrase

    Birds can use tools, make art and understand human language. Why do we assume they are stupid?

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  12. Science & Society

    Genetically modified salmon gets approval in U.S.

    Fast-growing salmon become first genetically engineered animals approved for human consumption.

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