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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.
Their larvae slowly suck the arachnids' guts out after wasps infiltrate the spiders' webs.
In dolphins, the clitoris is located at the entrance to the vagina where it is sure to be rubbed during penetrative sex.
Whether they respond when called is another matter.
Some male animals may evolve weak immune responses so they can give their mates diseases.
Newly-discovered fossil deposit contains more than 50 unknown species from the Cambrian Explosion, when most complex body plans appeared.
When the foraging sea mammals crack shells to collect food, they produce distinctive evidence.
Chimps that experience the most dramatic human impacts have less behavioral diversity.
Animals are often able to adapt to their human-influenced surroundings with remarkable ease.
Oxytocin-deficient animals point to deep links between social behavior and the need to keep warm.
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