Array of camera traps captures surprising images of tigers in the wild
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Zoology
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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The calls of our closest living evolutionary cousins still hit an ancient target in the human brain
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The massive mammals habituate to the presence of aerial monitoring thanks to their impressive memories
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Macaques are surprisingly deft at keeping the beat to the Backstreet Boys
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Compared to human breast milk, the milk from grey seals is richer in sugars that could one day supercharge baby formula
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The maternal instinct known as “postmortem attentive behavior” was documented in these fierce marine mammals for the first time
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Scientists identify a new call issued by the King of the Jungle
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The simple shape belies some complex chemistry that could be the key to advances in biomaterials
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