Animals

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  1. Health & Medicine

    New mutations help the H5N1 bird flu virus infect cows but not people

    The findings show how the H5N1 bird flu virus is evolving in livestock and what that may mean for human health.

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  2. Life

    Talking dogs and chatty cats could one day ‘speak’ in our language

    Advances in decoding animal sounds might someday make animal translators a possibility.

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  3. Animals

    For gray whales, San Francisco Bay is becoming a deadly pit stop

    Climate change could be forcing gray whales to seek food in San Francisco Bay, where vessel strikes may be driving rising deaths.

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  4. Paleontology

    Mummified reptile hints at the origins of how we breathe

    A cave preserved two animals’ rib cages, cartilage and even traces of protein, revealing a flexible breathing apparatus like that of today’s land dwellers.

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  5. Animals

    A new book finds parenting inspiration in the animal kingdom

    In The Creatures’ Guide to Caring, science journalist Elizabeth Preston looks to the animal kingdom to explore what it means to be a good parent.

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  6. Animals

    To climb trees, cicadas look to the shadows

    Tree-climbing cicadas find their perches by looking for patches of darkness, a strategy known as skototaxis.

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  7. Paleontology

    A fossil reveals early relatives of spiders — armed with claws

    A Utah fossil shows early relatives of spiders and scorpions already had distinctive front claws 500 million years ago.

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  8. Animals

    Secrets of the Bees zooms in on life in a hive

    A new documentary available on Disney+ and Hulu appeals to our sense of wonder to highlight why bees need saving.

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  9. Animals

    How snakes defy gravity to stand tall

    Limbless tree snakes can lift most of their body into the air without toppling. They manage this by focusing all their bending forces at their base.

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