There’s more than what meets the eye in a color-swapping insect
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Zoology
Mouse brains perform a clever mechanism to count their steps and keep them on track
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Researchers recently discovered an extremely small frog species in Brazil
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The soft rumbles seem to reveal more about a feline than their meows, and it’s probably thanks to humans
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A new, non-invasive method to track amphibian hormones may reveal how the creatures weather rising threats in the wild
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Mosasaur teeth discovered in North Dakota tell a surprising story
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Researchers recorded the nocturnal insects sipping from the massive mammal’s ducts for the first time
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Array of camera traps captures surprising images of tigers in the wild
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Most people in a recent survey saw sharks as neutral, coinciding with a global treaty to protect declining species
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Pond frogs nonchalantly dined on the venomous insects, hinting at special mechanisms that help the amphibians avoid pain—and grisly deaths
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