Animals

  1. Life

    Zombie babysitters

    Wasp attack creates undead caterpillars that protect wasp young

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  2. Animals

    Not so prudish after all

    Unsuspected genetic diversity found in asexual animals.

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  3. Animals

    How they shine

    Iridescence could be pretty meaningful—or maybe just pretty.

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  4. Animals

    Pandamonium over a Tiny Pest

    A parasite threatens efforts to protect China's endangered icon.

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  5. Animals

    Courting both ways

    Some extra dopamine, and male fruit flies like boys too.

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  6. Life

    These colors don’t run

    A chameleon employs different color-changing defenses depending on its predator.

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  7. Animals

    Wild innovation

    Researchers have published a rare description of a wild chimpanzee devising and modifying a novel form of tool use.

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  8. Animals

    Polar bears listed

    Polar bear declared "threatened," but Secretary limits decision's impact.

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  9. Animals

    Twee Twee Tweetle

    Bird brains have a separate pathway for the babbling nonsense of baby talk.

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  10. Animals

    Sexy side of UV-B

    The first evidence of ultraviolet-B courtship in animals comes from jumping spiders.

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  11. Animals

    First Frog without Lungs

    An aquatic frog in fast-flowing water in Borneo turns out to be the first frog species with no lungs.

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  12. Animals

    Antibiotic Alligator: Promising proteins lurk in reptile blood

    Scientists are zeroing in on alligator blood proteins that show promise for fighting disease-causing microbes.

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