Animals

  1. Animals

    Year in Review: Odd cicada history emerges

    Brood II returns better understood.

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  2. Animals

    Year in Review: Canine genealogy

    Competing clues confuse the story of dog domestication.

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  3. Animals

    A year of rediscovered species

    Thousands of species go extinct each year, but at least a few are found after many years of being lost.

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  4. Animals

    African frog conceals itself with chemicals

    Two small peptides keep the West African savanna frog from being stung by ants.

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  5. Animals

    Penguin huddles move like traffic jams

    When one emperor penguin takes a step, he sets off a wave of movement.

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  6. Animals

    New species of tapir found in the Amazon

    A sixth species of the large, snouted mammal was hiding in plain sight, well known by indigenous people.

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  7. Animals

    Snake and lizard ancestor may have birthed live young

    Over millions of years, reptiles may have switched back and forth between laying eggs and giving birth to live babies.

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  8. Animals

    China trumps Near East for signs of most ancient farm cats

    Earliest evidence found for grain as a force in feline domestication.

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  9. Animals

    Protecting wildlife with legal hunting is a complicated issue

    Trophy hunting is legal in some African nations, but making the system work can be difficult, especially when data is lacking on how many animals exist.

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  10. Animals

    A gory 12 days of Christmas

    Insects and spiders are among the biggest gift-givers, often as part of mating, and anything from cyanide to a wad of saliva can be a present.

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  11. Animals

    Before a fight, chameleons engage in colorful communication

    Before one chameleon rumbles with another, he’ll display his side and change his stripes, indicating his willingness to fight.

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  12. Animals

    Bedbugs survive cold, but not for too long

    Some studies have indicated that cold might kill bedbugs after as little as one hour of exposure. But new research finds that’s not the case.

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