Animals
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Animals
Don’t blame the guys
Scientists take a new look at what drives female damselflies to look like males.
By Susan Milius -
Animals
Peril of play
A new study shows that playful 2-year-old chimpanzees may be particularly vulnerable to infectious diseases — some caught from humans.
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Animals
Squeaky chimp sex, or not
Female chimps tend toward silent sex when the other girls could overhear.
By Susan Milius -
Animals
Invasion of the salmon
Chinook salmon, dwindling in the United States, go wild in South America.
By Susan Milius -
Animals
BOOK LIST | Nim Chimpsky: The Chimp Who Would Be Human
The story of a chimp being raised by humans —and washing the dishes (p.130). NIM CHIMPSKY: THE CHIMP WHO WOULD BE HUMAN Bantam Books, 2008, 269 p., $23.
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Life
Zombie babysitters
Wasp attack creates undead caterpillars that protect wasp young
By Susan Milius -
Animals
Not so prudish after all
Unsuspected genetic diversity found in asexual animals.
By Amy Maxmen -
Animals
Pandamonium over a Tiny Pest
A parasite threatens efforts to protect China's endangered icon.
By Janet Raloff -
Life
These colors don’t run
A chameleon employs different color-changing defenses depending on its predator.
By Susan Milius -
Animals
Wild innovation
Researchers have published a rare description of a wild chimpanzee devising and modifying a novel form of tool use.
By Bruce Bower