Animals

  1. Animals

    Embracing the swarm

    Entomologist Michael Raupp is enjoying Swarmageddon. The giant batch of cicadas began emerging from the ground in late April and will be heard in some northeastern states through June.

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  2. Animals

    Malaria parasite drives mosquitoes to human scent

    Compared to uninfected insects, ones carrying disease land more often on sweat-soaked stockings.

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  3. Animals

    Tamed fox shows domestication’s effects on the brain

    Gene activity changes accompany doglike behavior in foxes bred over more than 50 years.

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  4. Animals

    The secret behind the alligator’s toothy smile

    Dental stem cells enable the reptile to grow new teeth every year, researchers find.

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  5. Animals

    Cannibalistic spiders may just be choosy guys

    Male Micaria sociabilis may choose to have older female for lunch, not sex.

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  6. Animals

    Malaria mosquito dosed with disease-fighting bacteria

    After thousands of tries, lab gets parasite-carrying insect to catch Wolbachia.

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  7. Animals

    Tongue bristles help bats lap up nectar

    High-speed videos capture stretched-out tongue bumps that stretch out so nectar-feeding bats can slurp up their food.

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  8. Animals

    Winged robots may shed light on fly aerobatics

    After years of trying, researchers create flapping machines that can hover and perform rudimentary flight maneuvers.

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  9. Animals

    Evolutionary enigmas

    Comb jelly genetics suggest a radical redrawing of the tree of life.

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  10. Animals

    Deep-sea worms drop acid to get dinner

    Bone-eating worms produce chemicals to dissolve and feed on skeletons.

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  11. Animals

    Fossil illuminates ancestry of swifts and hummingbirds

    Spectacularly preserved remains suggest that the two avian groups' predecessors got small before splitting and developing their flying chops.

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  12. Animals

    A Different Kind of Smart

    Animals’ cognitive shortcomings are as revealing as their genius.

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