Zoology
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The Mystery of the Largest Light in the Sea
This giant squid has the world’s biggest light-producing organs. But why?
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Do Animals Get Drunk?
Why evolving a taste for getting tipsy could prove adaptive.
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The Challenge of Deep-Sea Taxonomy
Miles below the ocean’s surface, should the old rules still apply?
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Fish Are Not Insentient Dullards
More stimulating environments for captive fish could improve scientific research.
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My Life with the Penguins
How I came to feel at home in what some call the last wilderness on Earth—Antarctica.
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The Story of a Lonely Orca
After 53 years in captivity, she has a chance at a better life.
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Animal Personalities Can Trip Up Science, But There’s a Solution
Individual behavior patterns may skew studies. A “STRANGE” new approach could help.
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How Snails Cross Vast Oceans
The intrepid travelers are widely dispersed despite their sedentary lifestyle.
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The Importance of Slime
Nearly every evolutionary question can find an answer in mucus.
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What Makes Us Bold
A parasite infection can make a leader of the pack—or a dead wolf.
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The Vanishing Animals of Hispaniola
An inside look at efforts to save rare and endangered species in the Dominican Republic.
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Where Have All the Snow Crabs Gone?
Eleven billion crabs vanished. Is climate change really to blame?
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The Mystery of the Blue Whale Songs
Earth’s largest animals are singing in ever-lower tones, and nobody knows why.
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The Invasion of the Super Insects
New generations of insects are devouring Earth’s forests. Humans helped breed them—can we help stop them?
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The Hermaphrodite at the Bottom of the Sea
Far beneath the surface, an evolutionary paradox.
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What Does a Fish Know?
One question for Jonathan Balcombe, a biologist who studies animal behavior.
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Bioluminescence Is Nature’s Love Light
When sparks fly, new species follow.
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To Stop Illegal Fishing, Send a Seabird
Illegal fishing is too big a problem for humans to handle alone.
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That Snapper You’re Eating Might Be 80 Years Old
Shouldn’t we respect our animal elders, too?