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All that slithers, swims, flits, flies, grows and diesAnimals, plants, microbes, fungi and all life on Earth, from long-buried dinosaurs to newly emerging infections, often serve to instruct and amaze. We are interested in everything from the simplest physical structures to the most complex emergent behavior of life's many forms — from the extinct to the evolved and from the web of ecology to the promise of animal-inspired technology.
Decades of observation and research suggest zebras may use their stripes for temperature regulation, among other functions.
Female convict cichlid fish turned from optimists to pessimists when separated from their chosen partners.
Searching for dwarf foxes and cloud forests on California's Santa Rosa Island -- a national park that the park service says is "like nowhere else on Earth."
After diving penguins drive fish to shallow waters, flying seabirds follow -- and share the bounty.
New study reveals how baby hoatzin birds are able to move like four-legged animals, thanks to unique claws on their wings.
Scientists observe intense matchmaking behaviors from bonobo mothers on behalf of their sons.
The webs store energy like a bow and can accelerate the spiders at up to 80 Gs.
When the bloodsucking insects eat sugar, they express more of a specific protein that can curb their attraction to humans.
Humans can learn a lot from the world's most extreme creatures.
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