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Gibbon Call Produced Like Human Soprano Song

A gibbon on helium showed researchers that the two parts of the ape's sound-making apparatus--the larynx and vocal tract--function independently, as in human singing. Sophie Bushwick reports...

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Kitty Corner: Jaguars Win Critical Habitat in U.S.

After years of legal wrangling, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has granted jaguars protected territory

Blindsight: Animals That See without Eyes [Slide Show]

Recent insights into how animals see without eyes reveal that vision and light-detection are older and more widespread than biologists previously realized

Blindsight: Animals That See without Eyes [Slide Show]

Recent insights into how animals see without eyes reveal that vision and light-detection are older and more widespread than biologists previously realized

Shark-Tooth Weapons Reveal Lost Biodiversity

Three shark species once found in the central Pacific Ocean are now missing, a study of swords, tridents and other weapons reveals

See Change: Rapid Emergence of New Sea Star Species Illustrates Evolution's Power

Two Australian starfish species diverged only 6,000 years ago, offering a glimpse of evolutionary history in the making

Animal Olympics: The Fastest Critters on Earth [Slide Show]

Usain Bolt might be the world's fastest human but animals big and small would handily beat him

Animal Olympics: The Fastest Critters on Earth [Slide Show]

Usain Bolt might be the world's fastest human but animals big and small would handily beat him

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Beak Heat: Evolutionary Theory of Bird Bills May Need Revision

New research on song sparrows offers a new take on bird-beak evolution that is more nuanced than earlier ideas based on finch studies

Buddhist Ceremonial Release of Captive Birds May Harm Wildlife [Slide Show]

Buddhists across Asia release wildlife as a show of compassion, but conservationists find that the practice tortures the animals and may impact threatened species

Buddhist Ceremonial Release of Captive Birds May Harm Wildlife [Slide Show]

Buddhists across Asia release wildlife as a show of compassion, but conservationists find that the practice tortures the animals and may impact threatened species

Unnatural Selection: Muscles, Genes and Genetic Cheats

Can specific genes cause muscles to grow faster or stronger, and can genetic tampering give athletes an unnatural edge?

Are the World's Reptile Species in Trouble?

Japanese Cuisine Fungus Domesticated for Metabolic Traits

Tiny differences in the genomes of a wild fungus and its domesticated cousin responsible for miso and sake suggest that selection during breeding affected genes related to metabolism rather than development...

ZomBee Watch

Help scientists track and study parasitized honeybees that have been turned into zombies

Lambs on the Lam Suggest Selfishness Motivates Herd Behavior

Sheep, a dog and GPS tracking reveal evolutionary rules behind sociality

Banana Genome Could Help Bunches

Researchers sequenced the genome of a type of banana, which may help the most popular banana variety ward off diseases that threaten its existence. Sophie Bushwick reports

Which Species Will Live, Which Will Die? [Slide Show]

Conservation groups can no longer afford to try to protect all animals and plants, forcing heartbreaking choices