Animals

  1. Animals

    Reindeer eyes change color in winter darkness

    One part of an Arctic reindeer’s eyes changes color in winter and increases the sensitivity of the animal’s vision.

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  2. Animals

    The bromance of the fossas

    Male fossas, mammal carnivores native to Madagascar, hang out with other males to boost their hunting and mating success.

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  3. Animals

    Don’t mount so fast! That bug could be a boy

    Many insect males show same-sex mating behavior. What’s the cause? What’s the benefit? Is it real? Or are the bugs just in too much of a rush to stop?

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  4. Animals

    Maybe Britain shouldn’t kill its badgers

    A study on badger social networks shows that isolated badgers are the ones that most often carry TB and cause infections among — but not within — groups.

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  5. Animals

    Common pesticides change odds in ant fights

    Species’ combat success can rise or fall after repeated exposure to a common neonicotinoid insecticide.

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  6. Science & Society

    Humans’ living creations put on display

    The Center for PostNatural History, a museum that opened in 2012, features Freckles and other organisms altered by humans.

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  7. Animals

    Frog-eating bats trust self first when hunting

    The mammals listen to cues from fellow bats when their own resources fail.

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  8. Genetics

    Dog clone genome nearly identical to donor DNA

    The genetic material of Snuppy and of his donor, Tai, is nearly identical.

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  9. Environment

    Feedback

    Readers respond to "Solving soot," trade-offs of horn size for male Soay sheep and the huge galactic explosion story from 50 years ago.

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  10. Life

    Good news for giant pandas

    The animal’s immune system has higher than expected genetic diversity, which could lead to better breeding programs.

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  11. Animals

    The colorful lives of squid

    Your calamari, it turns out, may have come from a temporary transvestite with rainbows in its armpits.

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  12. Animals

    Mama bird tells babies to shut up, danger is near

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