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When picturing a predator, most people envision an animal with immense speed, sharp teeth or deadly venom. But velvet worms…
If you try tickling yourself right now, you’ll most likely feel nothing. Now imagine someone else doing the exact same…
In the dense and humid lowland forests and rivers of Central and South America, a sudden disturbance is all it…
How do 17-year cicadas, which live underground as nymphs, track the passage of time so they all emerge synchronously as…
Even a single gene, reshuffled or regulated in new ways, can fuel repeated bursts of evolutionary innovation, according to a…
Whole genome sequencing has revealed that snow leopards have low genetic diversity because they are rare, and probably always have…
Migration has critical impacts on life trajectories by shaping mortality and reproductive outcomes. These findings are important for our knowledge…
Over the horizon, long term planning is not the strong suit of great apes like us. Homo sapiens are highly…
Raised by foster parents, how do juvenile cowbirds discover their true identity and learn proper social development so they grow…
Treehoppers detect electrical fields emitted by their predators and may also distinguish between electrical fields emitted by their predators and…