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Zoology

Elucidating Cuttlefish Camouflage

Research sheds light on the control and development of skin patterning in cuttlefish.

A Eulogy for a Cow

How commodified animals die.

November 7, 2018

Hitler and the Naming of the Shrew

When zoologists tried to change the words for bat and shrew, the Führer was not amused.

October 17, 2018

Predators, Prey, and Vodka

Surveying muskoxen in the Russian far north.

August 7, 2018

Complex Animals Led to More Oxygen, Says Maverick Theory

that new animal behaviors raised oxygen levels and remade the environment.

March 22, 2018

The Antelope Killing Fields

Why did two thirds of all saiga antelope die in a couple months?

January 18, 2018

Would Twitter Ruin Bee Democracy?

Simple-majority democracy is used by many animals. But they don’t have social media.

December 14, 2017

The Fish That Took a Century to Name

The unlikely story of Alfred Russel Wallace’s pike.

November 30, 2017