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Science Visualized Animals
How math helps explain the delicate patterns of dragonfly wings
Scientists have found a mathematical explanation for the complex patterns on the wings of dragonflies and other insects.
By Emily Conover | 8:00am, September 23, 2018
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News | Animals
A fossil mistaken for a bat may shake up lemurs’ evolutionary history
By Bruce Bower | 11:00am, August 21, 2018
an axolotl and a green anole
Mystery Solved | Animals
How salamanders can regrow nearly complete tails but lizards can’t
By Leah Rosenbaum | 12:30pm, August 17, 2018
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News | Animals
Here’s what robots could learn from fire ants
By Maria Temming | 2:04pm, August 16, 2018
elephants
News | Animals
A resurrected gene may protect elephants from cancer
By Aimee Cunningham | 2:23pm, August 14, 2018
greater prairie chicken
News | Animals
In the animal kingdom, what does it mean to be promiscuous?
By Betsy Mason | 7:00am, August 13, 2018
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Film | Animals
What ‘The Meg’ gets wrong — and right — about megalodon sharks
By Carolyn Gramling | 12:41pm, August 10, 2018
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News | Animals
A ghost gene leaves ocean mammals vulnerable to some pesticides
By Cassie Martin | 2:00pm, August 09, 2018
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The –est | Animals
This killifish can go from egg to sex in two weeks
By Susan Milius | 3:04pm, August 06, 2018
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News | Animals
The first detailed map of red foxes’ DNA may reveal domestication secrets
By Tina Hesman Saey | 11:00am, August 06, 2018
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