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Tiger sharks feast on migratory birds that fall out of the sky
Terrestrial birds that fall from the sky during their migration across the Gulf of Mexico can end up in the bellies of tiger sharks.
By Sarah Zielinski | 12:00pm, May 21, 2019
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News | Animals
Bad moods could be contagious among ravens
By Carolyn Wilke | 5:37pm, May 20, 2019
bats hibernating
News | Animals
Vaccines may help bats fight white nose syndrome
By Helen Thompson | 7:00am, May 17, 2019
Norwich terrier
News in Brief | Animals
Some dog breeds may have trouble breathing because of a mutated gene
By Cassie Martin | 2:00pm, May 16, 2019
bat
News | Animals
Bloodthirsty bedbugs have feasted on prey for 100 million years
By Jennifer Leman | 1:47pm, May 16, 2019
peacock spider
Science Visualized | Animals
Peacock spiders’ superblack spots reflect just 0.5 percent of light
By Carolyn Wilke | 7:05pm, May 14, 2019
pond snails
News | Animals
Tweaking one gene with CRISPR switched the way a snail shell spirals
By Tina Hesman Saey | 7:00am, May 14, 2019
tube-eye fish
News | Animals
Deep-sea fishes’ eye chemistry might let them see colors in near darkness
By Susan Milius | 3:02pm, May 10, 2019
Horned passalus beetles
News | Animals
A belly full of wriggling worms makes wood beetles better recyclers
By Kathleen O'Neil | 7:00am, May 07, 2019
Gorongosa elephants
News | Animals
War wrecked an African ecosystem. Ecologists are trying to restore it
By Jeremy Rehm | 8:00am, May 05, 2019
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