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Scientists Reexamine Why Zebra Stripes Mysteriously Repel Flies

[ad_1] For the current study, Tombak, then a PhD candidate at Princeton, and her team wanted to test stripe width…

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Sorry, Prey. Black Widows Have Surprisingly Good Memory

[ad_1] Black widows must despise Clint Sergi. While working on his PhD in biology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Sergi…

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The North Carolina Town Besieged by Armadillos

[ad_1] This story originally appeared in The Guardian and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In the pitch dark,…

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Nothing Can Eat Australia’s Cane Toads—So They Eat Each Other

[ad_1] The cane toad may be the poster animal for invasive species. Native to South America, it has been introduced…

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How the Cuttlefish’s Robust Memory System Defies Old Age

[ad_1] Can you remember what you had for dinner last weekend? That ability is a function of episodic memory, and…

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Animals Count and Use Zero. How Far Does Their Number Sense Go?

[ad_1] One explanation for the same neural framework evolving in such different brains is simply that it’s an efficient solution…

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What Rat Empathy May Reveal About Human Compassion

[ad_1] Bartal expected to see this activity in the rescuer rats, because human empathy appears in these areas. But she…

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Bats Raised in Helium-Rich Air Reveal a Key to Echolocation

[ad_1] It’s now well-established that bats can develop a mental picture of their environment using echolocation. But we’re still figuring…

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Sharks Use the Earth’s Magnetic Field Like a Compass

[ad_1] “It’s a really interesting and clear demonstration that sharks are using the Earth’s magnetic field as a kind of…

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