Animals
Zoology, animal behavior, and wildlife
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Animals
A turkey's gobble can trigger a hen to ovulate
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Animals
Dogs can smell a single grain of cocaine
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Animals
Bison create waterproof micro-wetlands by compacting clay with their own body weight
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Animals
The European bison was resurrected from a global population of only fifty-four individuals
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Animals
Red foxes can survive ten-day sea voyages by dropping their metabolism thirty percent
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Animals
The world's smallest animal is smaller than a human red blood cell
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Animals
Chemical markers in ancient rocks suggest sponges existed 650 million years ago
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Animals
Comb jellies may have evolved a nervous system entirely independent of other animals
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Animals
Microscopic placozoans carry the genetic blueprint for complex bodies they no longer possess
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Animals
Fat molecules preserved in fossils identify the mysterious Dickinsonia as an early animal
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Animals
Predation began 20 million years earlier than the Cambrian explosion
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Animals
The first apex predator had eyes with 16,000 lenses for high-acuity vision
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Animals
A single set of master genes dictates the body plan of every animal
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Animals
Bilateral symmetry allowed animals to evolve heads and directed movement
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Animals
The first opening in a developing insect embryo always becomes the mouth
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