Animals

  1. Animals

    ‘World’s ugliest animal’ contest took a blobfish out of water

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  2. Animals

    Vampire reality check

    A vampire bat drinks one meal a night, and missing just three nights in a row would probably kill the animal.

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  3. Animals

    Feedback

    Readers respond to "Collision course" and "The tune wreckers" from our September 21 issue, plus some feedback on the new website.

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  4. Paleontology

    Dinosaur dreams dashed

    Fans of 'Jurassic Park' may be disappointed (or possibly relieved) to learn that you can’t get ancient DNA from amber.

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  5. Animals

    Cat Sense

    How the New Feline Science Can Make You a Better Friend to Your Pet by John Bradshaw.

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  6. Life

    Letters to the editor

    Sleepless on a schedule, Edison's rubbery discovery and monogamy not just for men.

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  7. Animals

    MERS virus jumped several times from animals to humans

    More than one person caught new illness from bats, camels or other creatures.

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  8. Animals

    Tiger, lion and domestic cat genes not so different

    Genomes of big felines provide insight into their evolution.

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  9. Animals

    Young insect legs have real meshing gears

    Tiny teeth on hiplike structures keep legs in sync, allowing juvenile planthoppers to jump.

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  10. Animals

    Humpbacks make a comeback in British Columbia

    Whale numbers double at a feeding site in Canada.

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  11. Animals

    Avoiding feces may be ‘luxury’ wild mice can’t afford

    For a mouse in the woods, finding any food at all may trump poopy locations.

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  12. Life

    Many genes in dolphins and bats evolved in the same way to allow echolocation

    Widespread changes scattered across the genomes of distantly related species cooperated to craft the trait.

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