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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.
Komodo dragons outlived their giant reptile peers through isolation and some lucky breaks, although cannibalism and virgin births may have helped.
Scientists show that bacteria have unexpected effects in spider sex.
The large, colorful parasite has apparently been lurking there for years.
The fish have organs filled with glowing bacteria that they use to flash.
Researchers find that membranes may have helped the building blocks of life come together.
A small change in poison frogs' DNA keeps them from being harmed by their own poison.
Newly discovered family of fluorescent molecules explains how two kinds of seafloor-dwelling sharks glow.
‘Megafires’ jeopardize the black-backed woodpecker’s habitat.
Some poison frogs have become used to the warmer temperatures caused by climate change and deforestation, but they’re nearing their limit.
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