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A Long Drink of Water
For thirsty sea snakes, the ocean can be a desert.
The Art of Bones
British artist Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, who sparked dinosaur mania in the nineteenth century, still influences how natural history museums represent prehistoric life today.
The Living Gömböc
Some turtle shells evolved the ideal shape for staying upright.
Meet the Alloparents
Shared child care may be the secret of human evolutionary success.
No Lily-livered Rat
The genes behind a rat's toxic diet.
Home Growth
Why do ants sterilize their host trees?
Clone Ranger
Look who can recognize family, now.
Eau de Bird
Crested auklets communicate with the help of a citrus smell.
Preflight Packaging
Sophisticated X-rays reveal primitive feathers trapped in amber.
Half a Nap
Migrating birds sleep with half their brains at a time.
Earlier Birds
Declining populations hide the fact that birds are migrating ever earlier due to global warming.
My Life as a Naturalist
With a presentation of various first-hand data on the life histories and habits of the big game animals of Africa.
Winning by a Neck
Some trees succeed in life by offering giraffes a meal of flowers.
The Darwin Celebration.
Dinosaur Hunting
The badlands of southeastern Utah, home to part of the
dinosaur-rich layer of rocks called the Morrison Formation
Evolution’s Non Debate
Lizards and Snakes: Alive!
When Titanoboa ruled the Amazon
Florida Museum researchers’ discovery of a giant fossilized snake in Colombia reveals a picture of warmer tropics ruled by beasts larger than anyone imagined.
Nature.net
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