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Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems.
- Animals
First living fish leaves ‘endangered’ list
Twenty-one years ago, a minnow facing a high risk of extinction was placed on the U.S. Endangered Species List. With help from scientists, the fish appears to have largely recovered. It’s the first ‘listed’ fish to do so.
- Animals
Explainer: Animals’ role in human disease
Wildlife, livestock and pets are the source of most germs that can sicken people
- Animals
Infectious animals
Critters spread many germs that can sicken each other — and even kill people.
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- Animals
Snake blood boosts mouse heart
Scientists find that a mouse’s heart swells in the presence of python blood.
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- Animals
Secrets of the world’s extreme divers
For emperor penguins and other animals, being able to hold their breath the longest could be in the blood
- Animals
There’s no ‘i’ in elephant
These clever mammals may know when two trunks are better than one.
- Plants
Carnivorous plants say ‘cheese’
It took high-speed cameras to reveal how the bladderwort gets lunch.
- Environment
Cleaning up fish farms
Although fish farms can supply lots of food, these operations may also cause pollution and hurt wild populations.
- Fossils
Dinosaur Eggs-citement
Scientists have found dinosaur eggs, with their shells on, inside a female dino fossil.
