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The Sciences

Long Thumbs and Large Brains Co-Evolved in Primates, Giving Humans Our Most Unique Traits

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Planet Earth

Two Rare Parasitic Wasp Species Likely Hitchhiked On a Plane to Get to the U.S.

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Octopus Arms Can Punch, Lift, and Sometimes Pull 100 Times the Sea Creature&rsquo;s Own Weight

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Giraffes Are Long-Necked and Spotted, and Apparently Four Separate Species

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Swooping and Pooping: These Seabirds Only Defecate in Mid-Air and it&rsquo;s Helping the Ocean

A gray rattlesnake with brown-black blotches sits in the grass.

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A researcher in a black shirt uses snake tongs to catch a gray rattlesnake with brown-black blotches in the tall grass.

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Eastern Massasauga rattlesnakes live in Michigan and other Midwestern states.

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Eastern Massasauga rattlesnakes live in Michigan as well as other Midwestern states.

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Eastern Massasauga Rattle Snakes are Resorting to Incest and Humans May Be to Blame

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Early Accounts of Whales and Manatees May Have Inspired Mermaid Folklore

Do spiders sleep? Yes, this jumping spider sits on a puffy dandelion 

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Spiders Do Sleep &mdash; Some Even Dream While Dangling From Webs

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Elephants Ask Humans for Food Using Non-Verbal Gestures &mdash; A First in Non-Primates

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DNA Differences in Great White Sharks Have Instigated an Unsolved Mystery

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These Snails Can Regrow Their Eyes — Could They Help Treat Eye Injuries in Humans?

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This Cholera-Related Bacterium Is Melting Sea Stars, Causing a Marine Epidemic

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动物行为

灵长类动物的拇指长和大脑大共同进化，赋予了人类我们最独特的特征

两种罕见的寄生蜂物种可能搭飞机进入美国

章鱼的触手可以出拳、举重，有时还能拉动自身体重100倍的海底生物

长颈鹿脖子长且有斑点，而且显然是四个独立的物种

俯冲和排便：这些海鸟只在空中排便，这对海洋有益

东部马萨沙加响尾蛇正在诉诸近亲繁殖，人类可能是罪魁祸首

关于鲸鱼和海牛的早期记载可能启发了美人鱼的民间传说

蜘蛛确实会睡觉——有些甚至会在网上悬挂时做梦

大象通过非语言手势向人类索要食物——非灵长类动物中的首次

大白鲨的DNA差异引发了一个未解之谜

这些蜗牛能再生眼睛——它们能帮助治疗人类眼部损伤吗？

这种与霍乱相关的细菌正在融化海星，引起海洋流行病

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