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How the Rule-Breaking Octopus Is Rewriting the Evolution of Intelligence
Cephalopods are loners, but they’re also intelligent
Early Americans Pioneered the Keto Diet
Until, that is, large mammal extinctions forced them to diversify their meals
Was This Fossil Creature the First Right-Hander Ever?
A half a billion years ago, this organism preferred to bend to the right
See the Odd-Looking Barreleye Fish in Its Natural Habitat for the First Time
A 35-day expedition revealed hidden wonders of the deep
A New Species of Pit Viper Emerges in the Himalayas
DNA helped differentiate the venomous serpent from its closest relative
We May Owe Our Intelligence to Our Unique Neurons
Our cortical neurons may hold the key to our clever brains
Watch This Cyborg Cockroach Test Its New Diving Suit
The custom apparatus lets the cybernetic insects breathe underwater
How This Mouse Lives at a Higher Elevation Than Any Other Vertebrate
It’s become uniquely suited to handle below-freezing temperatures and a diet of poisonous plants
If You Want Animals to Understand You, Speak Slowly
A new study suggests almost all animal communication shares a common, slow rhythm
How a Heat Wave Disturbs Generations of This Sex-Changing Spider
A maternally inherited bacteria that turns males into females is foiled by a brief warm spell
Can We Geoengineer Our Way Out of a Super El Niño?
A natural experiment in sun-scorched Australia points the way
