Animals

  1. Animals

    Mud worth more than gold

    Reed Scherer and Ross Powell have studied mud from all over the world. It is different in each place. Mud from the Sulu Sea near Borneo is as smooth as cream cheese. Mud from Chesapeake Bay, in the mid-Atlantic United States, clings to your skin like peanut butter.

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  2. Animals

    Preventing frog-sicles

    Wood frogs avoid becoming frogsicles with natural antifreeze.

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  3. Animals

    Gorgeous eco-bullies

    ‘Foreign’ lionfish — aquarium castoffs — have been invading American coastal waters at an alarming rate and gobbling up the natives.

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  4. Animals

    Explainer: Animals’ role in human disease

    Wildlife, livestock and pets are the source of most germs that can sicken people

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  5. Animals

    Dolphins name themselves

    They also answer to those chosen ‘names’

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  6. Animals

    Animals under Antarctic ice?

    Data suggest a web of lake organisms might thrive deep under ice; scientists struggle to make sense of the new report.

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  7. Animals

    Amputated ‘finger’ tips grow back

    Both toenails and toe tips grew back in mice, thanks to special ‘stem’ cells living beneath the nails.

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  8. Animals

    Bats before bedtime

    Scientists find new animal species in old rainforests.

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  9. Animals

    Cool Jobs: Moved by life

    Biologically inspired robots travel — naturally.

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  10. Animals

    Here comes Swarmageddon!

    This spring and summer, trillions of cicadas will emerge in the eastern United States

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  11. Animals

    Blending in

    Engineers take a lesson from nature’s masters of disguise.

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  12. Animals

    Honey’s hidden helper

    Scientists identify a substance in honey that helps bee bodies fight poisons.

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