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452 results for: Dolphins
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Humans wonder, anybody home?
Brain structure and circuitry offer clues to consciousness in nonmammals.
- Space
The Drake Equation Turns 50: An interview with Frank Drake
The astronomer shares his name with the equation that quantifies the number of detectable civilizations in the Milky Way.
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- Life
A honeybee tells two from three
Honeybees can generalize about numbers, at least up to three, a new study reports.
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- Humans
Stone Age seafood fans
Excavations in two Gibraltar caves suggest that Neandertals, like modern humans, regularly visited the Mediterranean shore to complement a land-based diet with seafood
- Life
Birds bust a move to musical beats
Parrots and possibly other vocal-mimicking animals can synchronize their movements to a musical beat, two new studies suggest.
- Earth
Sharks, dolphins store pollutants
Florida's top aquatic predators are rapidly accumulating high concentrations of brominated flame retardants and other persistent toxic chemicals.
- Ecosystems
Fish Houses
Tanked half-way houses allow people and fish to get acquainted on their own terms — and exhibit their individual personalities.
- Earth
First wave
The presidents of two island nations draft escape plans, anticipating sea level rise.
- Animals
Whales Drink Sounds: Hearing may use an ancient path
Sounds can travel to a whale's ears through its throat, an acoustic pathway that might be ancient in the whale lineage.
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Stranded: A whale of a mystery
Scientists generally agree that sonar can trigger strandings of certain whales, but no one really knows what leads these deep divers to the beach.
