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Alex riley

4 articles

- Genetics
How Your Embryo Knew What To Do
- By Alex Riley
- November 20, 2015
The forgotten story of the woman who discovered how animals get their shape.
- Genetics
Red-Eyed Magpies, White-Speckled Ravens, & Other Birds of Unusual Feathers
- By Alex Riley
- July 14, 2015
The strange plumage of genetically mutated birds.
- Zoology
These Males Are Cheating Animals
- By Alex Riley
- October 31, 2014
The tricks they play would make Darwin blush.
- Zoology
Fish School Us on Wind Power
- By Alex Riley
- June 25, 2014
Record-efficiency turbine farms are being inspired by sealife.