Animals

  1. Animals

    Fancy feather gene

    A tweak in a single pigeon gene causes a distinct feather formation.

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  2. Animals

    Killer cats

    Puss may pose the single biggest threat to birds.

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  3. Animals

    Cool Jobs: Delving into dung

    Scientists uncover fascinating secrets through the study of animal feces.

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  4. Animals

    When the nose no longer knows

    Pollution can endanger aquatic animals by damaging their sense of smell.

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  5. Animals

    Threatened coral get fishy rescue

    When toxic seaweed gets too close to this coral, gobies fight and bite back.

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  6. Animals

    Bird malaria moves north

    Germs that cause a so-called tropical disease make themselves at home in frosty Alaska.

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  7. Oceans

    Icy inns at Earth’s end

    Intrepid researchers discover icebergs host large and lively communities of life.

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  8. Animals

    Cool Jobs: Scents of science

    Better understanding of the sense of smell inspires research into everything from whales to electronic ‘noses’

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  9. Animals

    By a whisker

    Hardly a fad: Some facial hair serves important functions, scientists find.

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  10. Animals

    Monkeys’ mistake detector

    Specific brain cells in macaques respond to fellow animal’s error.

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  11. Animals

    Python-palooza!

    Monster-sized Burmese python bearing record-number of eggs retrieved in the Florida Everglades.

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  12. Animals

    A trout’s nose-y magnets

    Cells in a fish’s snout respond to magnets.

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