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	Biology Botany Ecology Paleobiology Paleontology Zoology

Top Stories | February 12

Shark’s skin adds forward boost
Fish gets extra thrust by the teeth of its skin.
J. Oeffner and G.V. Lauder/Harvard Univ.
Classic sooty-moth tale bolstered by new results
A scientist’s six-year backyard experiment strengthens the scenario for evolutionary changes due to industrial pollution.
Ocean noise is a whale of a stressor
The post-9/11 quiet in Atlantic shipping lanes calmed the biggest marine mammals, hormone measurements suggest.
Chimps lend a hand
The finding suggests nonhuman primates recognize their peers’ intentions and desires.
Plants swap chloroplasts via grafts
The energy-converting cellular organs can pass through connections, carrying genetic material with them.

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The energy-converting cellular organs can pass through connections, carrying genetic material with them.

As invasive snakes expand territory, some mammal populations drop by more than 90 percent within a decade.

Teeming masses of organisms thrive beneath the seafloor

Microscopic structures in an iconic fossil feather suggest that it was the color of a crow.

The devastating fungus has already stripped shrubbery down to sticks in Europe and New Zealand.

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Teeming masses of organisms thrive beneath the seafloor

Outrageous-looking head spikes on the male of the species may not cost much in evolutionary terms.

A deep-sea fish's eyes apparently use fluorescence to pick up hard-to-detect hues, researchers conclude.

Octopuses adapt to water temperature with tweaks to how genes are copied, not DNA itself.

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