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Spraying bats with ‘good’ bacteria may combat deadly white nose syndrome
Nearly half of bats infected with white nose syndrome survived through winter after being spritzed with antifungal bacteria, a small study finds.
By Kathleen O'Neil | 9:00am, July 15, 2019
right whales
News in Brief | Animals
Southern right whale moms and calves may whisper to evade orcas
By Carolyn Wilke | 11:00am, July 11, 2019
fish brain activity
News | Animals
Both fish and humans have REM-like sleep
By Tina Hesman Saey | 1:38pm, July 10, 2019
beetles
News | Animals
Ground beetle genitals have the genetic ability to get strange. They don’t
By Susan Milius | 8:00am, July 08, 2019
Feature | Animals
Moonlight shapes how some animals move, grow and even sing
By Erin Wayman | 6:00am, July 08, 2019
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News | Animals
Some ancient crocodiles may have chomped on plants instead of meat
By Carolyn Wilke | 11:02am, June 27, 2019
Nazca lines
News in Brief | Animals
Peru’s famous Nazca Lines may include drawings of exotic birds
By Bruce Bower | 7:00am, June 26, 2019
Massospora cicadina
News in Brief | Animals
These fungi drug cicadas with psilocybin or amphetamine to make them mate nonstop
By Tina Hesman Saey | 2:42pm, June 25, 2019
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News | Animals
Capuchin monkeys’ stone-tool use has evolved over 3,000 years
By Bruce Bower | 11:00am, June 24, 2019
tree finch
News | Animals
Parasites ruin some finches’ songs by chewing through the birds’ beaks
By Carolyn Wilke | 11:39am, June 21, 2019
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