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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.
Populations with a variety of genes can help a species adapt to threats like diseases and climate change.
Blowflies serve as natural sampling instruments to learn what is pooping and dying in an area.
For seeds, it’s a race against time to create the chloroplasts they need to survive during the first 48 hours in the ground.
Spiders that eat other spiders may use sound to avoid cannibalism.
The newly dubbed "Amazing Dragon of Lingwu" may have weighed more than 10 metric tons and boasted a dangerous "whiplash tail."
Researchers have long pondered the humble egg. As some great puzzles are cracked open, new ones are laid.
A deep-sea creature that mainly lives in the dark glows to find a mate.
Dogs avoid each other after aggressive encounters, whereas wolves rapidly reconcile.
Parasites may have profound impacts even before they infect hosts.
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