Zoology
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The Birds Eat the Bees
The crested honey buzzard’s unique adaptations help them eat their favorite food: young bees and wasps -
The Starlings’ Curious Odyssey
A legacy of the most hated bird in America -
Discovering the First Intersex Southern Right Whale
What you think you know depends on how you look -
The Mystery of the Pregnant Rays
Divers find hundreds of normally solitary electric rays snuggled together -
When Fish Follow You
Some wild fish may recognize individual humans in the sea -
When the Animals Went Electric
What a superpower sense tells us about evolutionary creativity -
Icelandic Horses Have Good Genes
New evidence suggests their unique gaits have a complex pedigree -
The Great Whale Conveyor Belt
The loss of whales has weakened the longest food chain on the planet -
What Megalodons Tell Us About Gigantism
The biggest predator ever to have lived was a skinny beast -
Hidden Dragon
Prizewinning image shows a leafy seadragon expertly camouflaged in seagrass
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Learning Medicine from Animals
Biologist Jaap de Roode on his 3 greatest revelations while writing Doctors by Nature: How Ants, Apes, and Other Animals Heal Themselves
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Animals Are More Rational Than You Think
What we can learn from alligators that lure birds with twigs
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Wolves Reintroduced Themselves to America
How the godfather of wolf conservation in Canada sees wolf recovery across the border
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The Caterpillars That Can Kill You
But their toxic compounds could yield useful medicines -
Birds of a Feather Talk Together
Some birds may use songs to help each other migrate -
When Is a Species Lost Forever?
The slender-billed curlew as an illustrated case study -
The Problem with Problem Sharks
Some of them seem to be repeat offenders -
The Evolution of a Mimic
What rove beetles can tell us about the predictability of life