Animals

  1. Climate

    Kangaroo farts may not be so eco-friendly after all

    Kangaroos fart methane, but not much thanks to the metabolism of gut microbes

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  2. Animals

    Color of light sets dung beetles straight

    Dung beetles may rely on green and ultraviolet colors in the sky to help orient themselves.

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  3. Animals

    Diagram captures microbes’ influence across animal kingdom

    A network diagram of animal species shows that many microbes living in humans also make themselves at home in dogs, pigs and cattle.

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  4. Animals

    Hunchbacked conchs jump at the smell of danger

    Hunchbacked conchs are among the most vigorous of snailkind’s few jumpers.

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  5. Animals

    World’s smallest snail record broken again

    Snails may not be speedy, but itty-bitty snail shells found in Borneo are breaking a size record at a breakneck pace.

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  6. Animals

    Just when you thought snails couldn’t get any smaller…

    Snails may not be speedy, but itty-bitty snail shells found in Borneo are breaking a size record at a breakneck pace.

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  7. Animals

    ‘On the Wing’ chronicles origins of flying animals

    In "On the Wing," a biomechanicist reviews how animals took to the air.

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  8. Animals

    Wildfires are an unexpected threat to California condors

    Lead poisoning remains a threat to California condors, but a new review finds that wildfires may also be a danger to the big birds.

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  9. Life

    How electric eels put more zip in their zap

    With feisty prey, an electric eel curls its tail to intensify shocks and exhaust prey.

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  10. Life

    Rare reptile holds clue to penis evolution

    Preserved Victorian specimens reveal budding embryonic penis that disappears before adulthood.

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  11. Animals

    Cat-versus-virus arms race goes back millennia

    Researchers have found evidence of an ancient arms race between Felis silvestris catus, the species familiar today as the domestic cat, and feline immuno­deficiency virus.

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  12. Animals

    Salamander ancestors could regenerate limbs

    Salamanders and ancient amphibians share similar way of regenerating limbs.

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