Animals

  1. Animals

    A grim future for some killer whales

    An oil spill off the U.S. coast 20 years ago still threatens marine life.

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  2. Animals

    Bringing fish back up to size

    Changing the way we fish may help rescue a population's shrinking fish.

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  3. Animals

    Fish needs see-through head

    Barreleye peers out at the world like a fighter pilot does through a windshield.

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  4. Animals

    Pondering the puzzling platypus

    Scientists are studying the mixed-up looking mammal for clues to animal ancestry.

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  5. Animals

    Newly named fish crawls and hops

    Crazy-colored, flat-faced fish does more than swim.

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  6. Animals

    Sponges’ secret weapon

    An aquatic animal provides a possible new kind of disease resistance.

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  7. Animals

    Brainy bees know two from three

    Honeybees can match patterns by number.

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  8. Plants

    The man who rocked biology to its core

    Two hundred years later, Charles Darwin's ideas still live on.

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  9. Animals

    When Darwin got sick of feathers

    The man who started evolutionary biology had some bad moments over a bird.

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  10. Animals

    Mosquito duets

    Bugs sing sweet nothings to each other.

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  11. Animals

    Between a rock and a wet place

    If you're a fish that climbs waterfalls, is it better to have a squat body, or be tall and a fast swimmer?

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  12. Animals

    Longer lives for wild elephants

    A surprising new study shows that female elephants in the wild might live up to three times longer than those born in zoos.

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