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How Woodpeckers Will Save Football

It takes a bird brain to play contact sports safely.

The Case For Leaving City Rats Alone

A Vancouver rat study is showing us how pest control can backfire.

July 19, 2016

These Clumps of Undigested Food Used to Be Medicinal Charms

Folks got it into their heads that bezoars were a powerful antidote against any poison.

July 18, 2016

Why the Songbird’s Serenade Is Going Off Key

Urban din is forcing animal mating calls to be either unsexy or unheard.

July 14, 2016

We Weren’t Designed to Appreciate Good Perfume

Our sense of smell may have evolved to detect danger, not beauty.

June 30, 2016

Running Is Always Blind

How your brain keeps you from falling on your face.

June 30, 2016

The Ocean Gets Big Data

A new array of cameras, vehicles, and sensors promises to change ocean science.

June 29, 2016