Life

  1. Animals

    Finch Concerts: Female bird brain notes male attention

    Male zebra finches sing slightly differently when serenading a female as opposed to twittering to themselves, and females react to those differences.

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  2. Animals

    Love Code: A twist of light only mantis shrimp can see

    Alone in the animal kingdom, these crustaceans signal their presence to potential mates with circularly polarized light.

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  3. Animals

    Moths’ memories

    Sphinx moths appear to remember experiences they had as caterpillars, suggesting some brain cells remain intact through metamorphosis.

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  4. Plants

    Attack of the skinny tomato

    An extra copy of one gene slims down tomatoes.

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  5. Animals

    Gator Aids: Gators squish lungs around to dive and roll

    Alligator researchers say they have discovered a new role for lungs as maneuvering aids under water.

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  6. Health & Medicine

    Vatican Identifies Sinful Field of Science

    Would the Pope have shut down Gregor Mendel’s pea studies?

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  7. Plants

    City life changes style of weed seeds

    City living pushes for rapid evolution in the seed strategy of a little yellow flower along French sidewalks.

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  8. Plants

    Promiscuous orchids

    When pollinators aren't loyal to a single species of orchid, the plants maintain their species integrity by stymieing reproduction.

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  9. Paleontology

    Twice upon a Time

    New fossil finds suggest that the complex features of mammals originated earlier than previously thought and might even have evolved independently in different mammalian lineages.

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  10. Animals

    Hidden Depths: Antarctic krill startle deep-ocean scientists

    The first camera lowered 3,000 meters to the seabed off the coast of Antarctica videoed what biologists identify as the supposedly upper-ocean species of Antarctic krill.

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  11. Animals

    Great spots for white sharks

    The great white sharks of the eastern Pacific may be genetically isolated from the world's other white sharks, and tagging data reveal that the animals stick to specific routes and destinations.

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  12. Ecosystems

    Predators return

    Warming waters could push new predators into Antarctica's delicate ecosystems.

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