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Snoring is one of the most common things a human body does during sleep, and one of the least understood.…
Few animals will make you reconsider the limits of biology quite like the peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) does. Based solely…
There are sharks — like the sleek reef sharks people plaster on beach warning signs or the torpedo-shaped great whites…
The axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum) looks almost too whimsical to be real. Its feathery pink gills and a permanent half-smile make…
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…