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Swifts Spend Nearly a Year on the Wing
The tiny birds spend about ten months of the year in the air almost without a break
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Scientists Find That Frankenstein’s Monster Could Have Wiped Out Humanity
Thank goodness his creator never finished his proposed girlfriend
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Cave Paintings Help Unravel the Mystery of the ‘Higgs Bison’
The hybrid bovine has been a missing link in the ancestral tree of modern European bison
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Doggonit: Genes That Make Fido Human Friendly Also Linked to Mental Disorders
Dogs’ diversity could make them vulnerable to disorders similar to OCD and autism
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Migratory Birds May Come Programmed With a Genetic Google Maps
These hybrid avians inherit some mixed directional messages
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A Brief History of America’s Complicated Relationship With Wild Horses
The iconic symbol of the Wild West has a tangled and controversial story
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Dogs Know When You’re Praising Them. That Doesn’t Mean They Understand Human Speech
A dose of caution with the results of an intriguing new study
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I Am Officially in Love With Cockroaches
And after you read this, you will be too
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Give it Up, Sneaky Males: These Lady Fish Have You Outwitted
Female ocellated wrasses have developed a surprising trick to control who fathers their offspring
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The Evolutionary Reason Why Women Orgasm
New research suggests the female orgasm is tied to ovulation, not reproduction
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Behold LUCA, the Last Universal Common Ancestor of Life on Earth
New discoveries suggest life likely descends from the inhospitable environment of deep sea vents
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Forced Closer to Humans, Crocodiles Face Their Greatest Existential Threat
These armored reptiles have long been considered indestructible, but new threats are shifting the equation
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Why the Turtle Grew a Shell—It’s More Than Safety
Its armor may have developed for more than safety
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How Parasites Became So Popular
A new study finds that parasitism evolved independently 223 times. But that number is actually surprisingly low
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Were Ants the World’s First Farmers?
A new study shows that a group of ants have been conducting a subsistence type of farming since shortly after the dinosaurs died out
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Self-Lubricating Swordfish Secrete Oil to Swim Faster
Greased lightning, go greased lightning
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What Do Goats, Puppies and Horses Have in Common?
Goats communicate with humans using eye contact, according to a new study
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Awkward Robots Show How Tails Propelled First Land Walkers to New Heights
A 3D-printed bot designed to move like amphibious fish suggests that the first land animals needed tails to climb slippery slopes
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