Animals

  1. Tech

    Soft robots go swimming

    A new robotic fish can wiggle and writhe like the real thing.

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  2. Animals

    See-through shrimp flex invisible muscle

    Much of the body of a Pederson’s transparent shrimp looks like watery nothing, but it’s a superhero sort of nothing.

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  3. Animals

    Young vervet monkeys look to mom when learning

    Among vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus aethiops), behaviors are passed from mother to child, a new study finds.

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  4. Animals

    The Thing With Feathers

    In the new book, "The Thing With Feathers," Noah Strycker brings people nose to beak with the plumed creatures he knows so well.

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  5. Animals

    Pandas enjoy the sweet life

    Unlike many of their carnivore relatives, bamboo-loving pandas can taste natural, and some artificial, sugars.

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  6. Animals

    Zebra stripes may be mainly defense against flies

    The function of zebra stripes may not be for camouflage or cooling, a new analysis finds.

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  7. Animals

    As their homes warm, salamanders shrink

    Many species of salamanders respond to climate change by getting smaller.

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  8. Animals

    Giant pandas like sweets, but prefer the natural ones

    Despite sustaining themselves on bamboo, which isn't very sweet, giant pandas will indulge in a bit of sugar, if they can.

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  9. Animals

    Bats’ dinner conversation may go over your head

    Hunting big brown bats do more than echolocate. When male bats compete for a single prize, they send social calls to keep other bats at bay.

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  10. Animals

    Skewed gender ratios turn bird world into a soap opera

    Infidelity, divorce and polygamy become more common among birds when one sex is rarer and has more choice in partners.

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  11. Animals

    Mama frog’s care includes a gift of poison

    Strawberry poison frog tadpoles get defensive chemicals through unfertilized, nutritious eggs provided by mom.

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  12. Animals

    A parasitic cuckoo can be a good thing

    Great spotted cuckoo chicks show that brood parasites may benefit their hosts.

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