Life

  1. Animals

    Professor Ant

    Certain ants can teach other ants the route to a food source.

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  2. Animals

    Young Ants in the Kitchen

    Certain ant larvae fix dinner for adults and don't even sneak snacks as they cook.

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  3. Fossils

    From Mammoth to Modern Elephant

    The Asian elephant appears to be the closest living relative of the woolly mammoth, now extinct.

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  4. Animals

    Insect Stowaways

    Some insect larvae can travel in the guts of migrating birds.

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  5. Fossils

    Some Dinos Dined on Grass

    Evidence taken from fossilized dinosaur poop shows that some of these reptiles ate grass.

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  6. Physics

    Earth’s lowly rumble

    From rumbling volcanoes to grumbling elephants, scientists are eavesdropping on the lowest sounds on Earth.

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  7. Plants

    Nature’s Alphabet

    Plants, animals, and other natural objects may bear patterns that resemble letters, numbers, and other figures.

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  8. Animals

    Mouse Songs

    Male mice appear to string together chirpy, high-pitched noises to create songs.

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  9. Brain

    Reading Body Language

    The emotion that your body shows may have a stronger effect than what your face says.

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  10. Animals

    Fishing for Giant Squid

    An underwater camera has snapped the first pictures of a live giant squid.

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  11. Animals

    Sea lilies on the run

    A video shows that sea animals known as stalked crinoids do more than just creep along.

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  12. Animals

    A Spider’s Taste for Blood

    Certain jumping spiders prey on mosquitoes that have drawn blood from animals.

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