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Making North America: Life
How did massive volcanic eruptions, inland seas, and land bridges pave the way for life?
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Seeing “Evolution in Real Time”: Mice Blend in to Survive
By watching a population of deer mice shift in the span of a single generation, scientists have captured evolution in action, connecting genes to survival in the wild.
This Rare Beetle Bucks Family Tradition—By Sucking the Life Out of Ants
Their closest relatives hide in burrows to ambush their prey. But Ozaena beetles have taken a different tack: infiltrating ant nests.
Does A Universal Genetic Recipe for Monogamy Exist?
By fine-tuning the expression of a similar set of genes, mammals, birds, frogs, and fish may have all capitalized on a common toolkit in the transition to monogamy.
These Dinosaurs Kept Cool With Krazy-Straw-Shaped Noses
Armored ankylosaurs like Panoplosaurus and Euoplocephalus had living air conditioners built into their noses, protecting their tiny brains from overheating.
Chatty Bacteria Might Be Most Vulnerable to Viruses
In a first, scientists have found that viruses that prey on microbes can understand the lingo of bacterial conversations—and may use the intel to time their attacks.
New Fossils Reveal the Predatory Lifestyle of Australia’s ‘Top Marsupial Carnivore’
The first complete skeleton reconstruction of Thylacoleo carnifex, the “marsupial lion,” illuminates how this bizarre carnivore moved and ate.
This 33-Million-Year-Old Whale Sucked Up Food Like A Giant Vacuum
After discarding their teeth, the ancestors of today’s filter-feeding whales may have fed by suction before evolving baleen.
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