Animals

  1. Animals

    Dogs show a fetching communication savvy

    In a sign of understanding that one object can be used to represent another, border collies fetch toys after being shown replicas or, in some cases, photos of those toys.

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  2. Animals

    Urban Ants of North America and Europe: Identification, Biology and Management by John Klotz, Michael Rust, Reiner Pospischil and Laurel Hansen

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  3. Animals

    Public tantrums defeat monkey moms too

    Rhesus macaque moms are more likely to give in to screaming babies when bystanders are watching and reacting

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  4. Animals

    Climate change discourages second families

    Birds out of sync with local baby food supply of caterpillars aren’t nesting a second time.

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  5. Plants

    Animals’ jaundice pigment found in plants

    Bilirubin, a compound well known in animals, gives seed fuzz its intense orange.

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  6. Genetics

    Dog gene heeds call of the wild

    Domesticated dogs passed a gene for dark fur color to their wild cousins.

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  7. Life

    A Most Private Evolution

    The most dramatic examples of the power of evolutionary theory may come from the strange and ugly stuff — biology too dumb to have been designed.

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  8. Life

    Darwin’s Evolution

    Darwin's life and his contribution to science.

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  9. Life

    Capuchin monkeys choose the right tool for the nut

    New field experiments indicate that wild capuchin monkeys choose the most effective stones for cracking nuts, suggesting deep evolutionary roots for the use of stone tools.

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  10. Animals

    Hanging with Bats: Ecobats, Vampires, and Movie Stars by Karen Taschek

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  11. Animals

    Dolphins wield tools of the sea

    A long-term study of dolphins living off Australia’s coast finds that a small number of them, mostly females, frequently use sea sponges to forage for fish on the ocean floor.

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  12. Animals

    Dogs will go on strike over unfair treats

    Equal sausage demanded for equal paw shakes.

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