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Researchers show how tiny Arctic foxes travel thousands of kilometers for space—revealing potential disease pathways ..read more
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A young mountain gorilla who is able to survive the tough early years may live as long or longer than peers who coasted through their youth without incident ..read more
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Killer whales in a group near Spain and Portugal may be teaching one another to mess with small boats. They sank their third vessel earlier this month ..read more
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A new study found more than 5,000 new species in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, a mineral-rich area of seafloor that companies aim to mine for critical materials ..read more
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2w ago
Paleontologists have uncovered a miniature world of sea creatures whose tiny guts, eyes and even brains remain visible 462 million years after they perished ..read more
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Commercially valuable Dungeness crabs lose their sense of smell as the ocean absorbs more carbon dioxide and becomes more acidic ..read more
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Scalloped hammerhead sharks take dramatic dives to hunt for food in cold, deep waters—and new evidence suggests they hold their breath to keep warm while they do so ..read more
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Parrot nestlings spend time stringing together jumbled mixtures of sound—a rehearsal for more adult conversations ..read more
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At 25 days old, these specimens could be the oldest primate embryos ever grown outside the womb ..read more
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3w ago
These elements, dubbed “UNICORNs,” sit close to genes that affect smell, sleep and ways that people and other mammals interact with their surroundings ..read more