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artist's rendering of Arctic hyenas
News Animals
Hyenas roamed the Arctic during the last ice age
Two teeth confirm the idea that hyenas crossed the Bering land bridge into North America, a study finds.
By Nicoletta Lanese | 6:00am, June 18, 2019
bats hibernating
News | Animals
Vaccines may help bats fight white nose syndrome
By Helen Thompson | 7:00am, May 17, 2019
Norwich terrier
News in Brief | Animals
Some dog breeds may have trouble breathing because of a mutated gene
By Cassie Martin | 2:00pm, May 16, 2019
bat
News | Animals
Bloodthirsty bedbugs have feasted on prey for 100 million years
By Jennifer Leman | 1:47pm, May 16, 2019
peacock spider
Science Visualized | Animals
Peacock spiders’ superblack spots reflect just 0.5 percent of light
By Carolyn Wilke | 7:05pm, May 14, 2019
pond snails
News | Animals
Tweaking one gene with CRISPR switched the way a snail shell spirals
By Tina Hesman Saey | 7:00am, May 14, 2019
tube-eye fish
News | Animals
Deep-sea fishes’ eye chemistry might let them see colors in near darkness
By Susan Milius | 3:02pm, May 10, 2019
Horned passalus beetles
News | Animals
A belly full of wriggling worms makes wood beetles better recyclers
By Kathleen O'Neil | 7:00am, May 07, 2019
Gorongosa elephants
News | Animals
War wrecked an African ecosystem. Ecologists are trying to restore it
By Jeremy Rehm | 8:00am, May 05, 2019
black grouse
Science Visualized | Animals
These award-winning photographs capture rarely seen wildlife and landscapes
By Maanvi Singh | 9:00am, May 03, 2019
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