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Animals
Little beetle, big horns
Why do dung beetles have horns? Biologists sniff out some answers.
By Roberta Kwok -
Plants
The Book of Life
Work has begun on a Web site called the Encyclopedia of Life, which aims to catalog every species on Earth.
By Emily Sohn -
Brain
Talking with Hands
Studies of chimpanzees suggest that our ancestors may have "talked" to each other using hand gestures before they learned to speak.
By Emily Sohn -
Fossils
A Living Fossil
Scientists have discovered that an Asian rodent belongs to a family of animals that had been thought to be extinct.
By J. L. Pegg -
Animals
Big squid
Florida fishermen recently hauled in a squid that's like no other ever found in the Atlantic Ocean.
By Emily Sohn -
Animals
Cacophony acoustics
How do frogs hear each other in a noisy pond? Just the way we would, as it turns out.
By Emily Sohn -
Animals
Helping the cause of macaws
Scientists' discoveries about macaws may help these magnificent birds survive.
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Animals
Revenge of the cowbirds
Some cowbirds seem to force other birds to raise their chicks.
By Emily Sohn -
Brain
Chimpanzee hunting tools
Some chimps, especially youngsters and female adults, use spearlike wooden tools to hunt.
By Emily Sohn -
Animals
A meal plan for birds
Scrub jays do a bird version of planning ahead for their next meal.
By Emily Sohn -
Fossils
An Ancient Feathered Biplane
A dinosaur may have glided from tree to tree on two sets of wings, one below the other.
By Emily Sohn