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2 days ago

The Snowshoe Hare: Changing Coats and a Ten-Year Cycle *Source: USFWS Midwest Regio

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4 days ago

The Christmas Island Red Crab: A Migration Timed by the Moon The Christmas Island Red Crab: A Migration Timed by the Moon On Christmas Island, an Australian territory in the Indian Ocean, the forest floor is home to tens of millions of…

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9 days ago

The Gibbon: Songs, Territories, and the Acrobat of the Canopy The Gibbon: Songs, Territories, and the Acrobat of the Canopy The gibbon moves through the forest canopy by brachiation — swinging hand over hand beneath branches — at speeds…

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11 days ago

The Hammerhead Shark: 360-Degree Vision and Electric Panorama The Hammerhead Shark: 360-Degree Vision and Electric Panorama The hammerhead shark's distinctive head shape — the wide, flat cephalofoil that gives the family its name — is one…

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16 days ago

The Mantis Shrimp's Strike: Faster Than a Bullet The Stoat in Winter: White as Snow, Sharp as a Blade The stoat is one of the most effective small predators in the northern hemisphere — capable of killing prey ten times its…

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18 days ago

The Migratory Locust: When a Herbivore Becomes a Plague The Migratory Locust: When a Herbivore Becomes a Plague The desert locust is, in its solitary phase, a harmless grasshopper. It lives alone, avoids other locusts, is…

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23 days ago

The Pistol Shrimp and the Physics of Cavitation The Cone Snail: The World's Most Venomous Gastropod The cone snail hunts fish. This is remarkable enough for a snail — but the mechanism by which it does so is extraordinary:…

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25 days ago

The Tardigrade: Life at the Edge of the Possible The Tardigrade: Life at the Edge of the Possible In 2007, tardigrades became the first animals confirmed to survive direct exposure to open space. Attached to the outside of a…

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30 days ago

The Pistol Shrimp's Sonic Weapon: A Deeper Look The Pistol Shrimp's Snap: Physics at the Threshold The cavitation bubble produced by the pistol shrimp's snap reaches temperatures comparable to the surface of the Sun —…

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about 1 month ago

The Clark's Nutcracker: Spatial Memory Beyond Compare The Clark's Nutcracker: Spatial Memory Beyond Compare Every autumn, a small bird in the mountains of western North America harvests seeds from whitebark pine trees, carries up…

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