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From “T. Rex” to “Pantydraco”: How Dinosaurs Get Their Names
The best monikers are “a way to link science and imagination.” Others are just obvious
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How the Remarkable Tardigrade Springs Back to Life after Drying Out
A particular protein helps these these tiny critters survive dehydration for over a decade at a time
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Researchers Find the First Naturally Fluorescent Frog Species
The polka-dot tree frog emits a blue-green glow under UV light, which is an unusual feature for land-dwelling critters
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Scientists Spot Hundreds of Humpback Whales Feeding in Massive Groups
The normally solitary creatures gathered off the southwestern coast of South Africa, puzzling researchers
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Why Do Male Birds Take on Larger Predators? Maybe Just to Impress the Ladies
Some mobbing behavior may be less about survival, and more about sexual selection
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Scientists figure out how compulsive scratching spreads in mice, and maybe humans
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See the First Video of One of the World’s Rarest Whales
The 46 second clip of several True’s beaked whales was taken by students and teachers on a field trip in the Azore Islands in 2013
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What Killed More Than Half a Dozen of the Bahamas’ Swimming Pigs?
Drought and sand-tainted snacks might be the reason for the recent deaths
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Take a Peek at the Mesmerizing “Cosmic Jellyfish”
NOAA’s research vessel Okeanos Explorer filmed this specimen of Rhopalonematid trachymedusa in the National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa
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This Ancient Reptile Gave Birth to Live Offspring
Rather than laying eggs like its modern bird and croc relatives this creature gave birth to live babies
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When winter comes, most bugs either migrate or time travel. But some get far more creative
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These Spectacularly Preserved Trilobite Fossils Come Complete With Guts, Gills and Legs
The 478-million-year-old creatures could help explain a series of mysterious fossilized tracks
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New Species of Fish-Scaled Gecko Can (Literally) Jump Out of Its Skin
The creature sloughs its skin when predators attack, leaving it looking like a raw chicken tender
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Ten Fun Facts About Falcons, the Birds
As the Atlanta Falcons prepare to play in the Super Bowl, learn about the remarkable raptors behind the name
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Inside Every Frog’s Mouth Is a Sticky, Grabby Bullet
Investigating frog tongues—and some human ones!—in the name of science
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Museum Displays the Weasel that Brought Down Particle Physics
A stone marten that disrupted the Large Hadron Collider in November goes on display in Rotterdam in an exhibit about human-animal mishaps
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Changing Climate, Not Humans, Killed Australia’s Massive Mammals
But that mass extinction could help us predict what today’s human-wrought climate change may bring
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How Victorian Gender Norms Shaped the Way We Think About Animal Sex
No, females aren’t always choosy and males don’t always get around
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How Scientists Reconstructed the Brain of a Long-Extinct Beast
This dog-like marsupial went extinct 80 years ago, but its preserved brains help us glean how its mind worked
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Watch the First Footage of the Rare Ruby Seadragon Alive in the Wild
The sneaky critter has never been seen in its natural habitat before
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